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Kmart Says Its Payment System Was Hacked

Posted by timothy on from the worst-case-scenario dept.

wiredmikey writes Kmart is the latest large U.S. retailer to experience a breach of its payment systems, joining a fast growing club dealing successful hack attacks. The company said that on Thursday, Oct. 9, its IT team detected that its payment data systems had been breached, and that debit and credit card numbers appear to have been compromised. A company spokesperson told SecurityWeek that they are not able to provide a figure on the number of customers impacted. The spokesperson said that based on the forensic investigation to date, no personal information, no debit card PIN numbers, no email addresses and no social security numbers were obtained by the attackers.

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  1. It would be quicker by Coditor · · Score: 5, Funny

    to list who hasn't been hacked yet. I wonder if these big companies buy their security systems at K-Mart.

  2. Officials estimates losses by jpellino · · Score: 5, Funny

    in the dozens of dollars.

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    "Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
  3. almost said my company, would be a Target by raymorris · · Score: 5, Funny

    I almost mentioned the name of my company as the one that hasn't been hacked. We take security very seriously. No Microsoft products are allowed on the premises, employees are armed, etc.

    Then I realized posting that could make us a Target.