Hackers steal customer data from Barnes & Noble keypads

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By Steven Musil
Security
CNET News
October 23, 2012

Hackers broke into keypads at more than 60 Barnes & Noble bookstores and 
made off with the credit card information for customers who shopped at 
the stores as recently as last month.

The company discovered the breach on September 14 but kept it quiet 
while the FBI attempted to track the hackers. Hackers broke into the 
point-of-sale terminals at 63 stores across the country, including 
locations in New York City, San Diego, Miami, and Chicago.

Since discovering the breach, the company has uninstalled all 7,000 
point-of-sale terminals from its hundreds of stores for examination. 
Although only one terminal in each of the 63 targeted stores was found 
to have been compromised, the company has not reinstalled the keypads.

"Customers can make transactions securely today by asking booksellers to 
swipe their credit and signature debit cards through the card readers 
connected to cash registers," the company said in a statement.

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