Polo Ralph Lauren Customers' Data Stolen

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:44:28 -0400
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Subject: Polo Ralph Lauren Customers' Data Stolen


      Polo Ralph Lauren Customers' Data Stolen
      - Apr 14, 2005 12:16 PM (AP Online)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Data apparently stolen from the popular clothing
retailer Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. is forcing banks and credit card
issuers to notify thousands of consumers that their credit-card
information may have been exposed.


HSBC North America, a division of London-based HSBC Holdings PLC, has
begun notifying holders of the HSBC-issued, General Motors-branded
MasterCard that criminals may have obtained access to their credit
card information and that the cards should be replaced.


HSBC spokesman Stephen E. Cohen said Thursday that "we began doing it
last week, and we are continuing."


He said that about 180,000 GM-branded card holders are affected.


Neither Cohen nor spokesmen for MasterCard International would
identify the retailer by name.


The security breach was reported in Thursday's editions of The Wall
Street Journal, which quoted "people with knowledge of the matter" as
saying the data was stolen at Polo Ralph Lauren.

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      - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=48369666


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