At least 500 consumers had their credit or debit card numbers stolen by identity thieves from the Lucky’s supermarkets. The identity thieves installed card skimmers at the self-checkout counters of the stores and collected customers’ credit or debit card information, expiration dates, security codes and personal identification numbers (PIN). What is a skimmer? What stores [...]
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McD’s EMPLOYEE ACCUSED OF SKIMMING CUSTOMERS’ CREDIT CARD NUMBERS
Posted: September 21, 2011 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, IDENTITY THEFTTags: alabama, Atlanta, attorney, birmingham, dothan, Florida, GEORGIA, huntsville, id theft, IDENTITY THEFT, Jacksonville, lawyer, mississippi, montgomery, Orlando, pensacola, skimmer, SKIMMING, tallahassee, Tennessee, Tuscaloosa
Law enforcement is investigating a Monticello, Minnesota McDonald’s employee who is accused of skimming credit card numbers from customers. A young McDonald’s employee is accused of using a skimmer to steal the credit card numbers of drive thru customers. The young employee allegedly collected the credit card numbers so that identity thieves could use the credit card numbers for fraudulent [...]
CONSUMER FILES CLASS ACTION AGAINST MICHAELS FOR DATA BREACH
Posted: June 9, 2011 by administrator in CLASS ACTIONS, DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSSTags: alabama, Atlanta, attorney, birmingham, CLASS ACTION, data, Florida, FRAUD, GEORGIA, huntsville, id, identity, lawyer, Memphis, Michaels, mobile, nashville, Orlando, Panama City, pensacola, PII, skimmer, tallahassee, Tennessee, THEFT, Tuscaloosa
Brandi F. Ramundo has filed a nationwide class action against Michaels after a massive data breach. Ms. Ramundo claims Michaels should’ve protected her personal identifying information (PII) from hackers. Ms. Ramundo’s checking account was raided by hackers who stole $1,300 from her. Ms. Ramundo is seeking statutory, compensatory and punitive damages and injunctive relief, including an order directing Michaels to pay for credit monitoring [...]
MICHAELS DATA BREACH EXPANDS TO 20 STATES
Posted: May 21, 2011 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITY, IDENTITY THEFTTags: alabama, Atlanta, birmingham, breach, credit card, data breach, Data Security, Florida, GEORGIA, huntsville, id theft, IDENTITY THEFT, law, lawyer, Miami, Michaels, mobile, montgomery, notification, Orlando, skimmer, Tuscaloosa
Michaels, the arts and crafts store, recently experienced a major data breach. The Michaels debit card breach is now believed to have affected stores in 20 states. Michaels customers were put at risk for identity theft when hackers switched PIN pads with skimmers. Brian Riley, senior research director of bank cards at TowerGroup, says financial [...]