Hackers target TK Maxx customers

published by Gary in News with 1 Comment

Hackers have stolen information from at least 45.7 million payment cards used by customers of US retailer TJX, which owns TJ Maxx, and UK outlet TKMaxx.

In a statement to US watchdogs the firm said it did not know the full extent of the theft and its effect on customers.

Sandra Quinn from the Association of Payment Clearing Services (Apacs) told the BBC there had been a “massive” compromise of security - on a scale not seen before.

Full story

Popularity: 45%

This entry was posted on Friday, March 30th, 2007 at 3:47 pm and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.