Advanced Auto Parts Notifies Customers of Network Breach

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via eWeek.

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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.

Customers of the 14 locations listed in an advisory who do not receive a
letter can call a toll-free-number provided by the company to find out if
they were affected, according to the company.

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More:
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Auto-Parts-Retailer-Notifies-Customers-of
- -Network-Breach/

- - ferg

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