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Auto Parts Retailer Notifies Customers of Network Breach
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 01:55:59 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Auto-Parts-Retailer-Notifies-Customers-of-Network-Breach/ Advance Auto Parts, a leading auto parts retailer, has begun sending letters to customers impacted by a data breach that may have exposed financial information of up to 56,000 people. The retailer reported Monday that a "network intrusion" had exposed financial information and was the subject of a criminal investigation. Fourteen of the retailer's stores, including locations in Georgia, Ohio, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Indiana, Virginia and New York, are believed to have been affected. Advance Auto Parts did not specify how customer financial information had been revealed or how access had been gained to its network. In response to the incident, the company notified its credit, debit and check processors. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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