Staples confirms data breach investigation

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http://www.csoonline.com/article/2836294/data-breach/staples-confirms-data-breach-investigation.html

By Steve Ragan
CSO
Oct 20, 2014

Monday evening, investigative journalist Brian Krebs reported that 
multiple banking sources were seeing a pattern of credit and debit card 
fraud. The common thread between each case were purchases made at Staples 
Inc. stores in the Northeastern U.S.

There isn't a lot to go on if in fact the latest retailer to be breached 
is Framingham, Mass.-based Staples Inc.

What's known for sure comes from the sources that spoke on background to 
Krebs. They said the fraudulent transactions were traced to cards that 
made purchases at Staples stores in Pennsylvania, New York City, and New 
Jersey.

In a statement to Salted Hash, Mark Cautela, Senior Public Relations 
Manager for Staples Inc., said that the company is investigating a 
potential issue involving credit and debit card data, and that law 
enforcement has been contacted.

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