Retailer says 45 million credit card numbers stolen

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2007

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Retail group TJX has disclosed that some 45.6 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen by hackers in 2005 and 2006, along with other potentially sensitive customer information.

The company, which operates TJ Maxx and other stores in the United States and TK Maxx in Britain and Ireland, also said some 455,000 customers may have had personal information compromised in the massive data breach.

The retailer made the disclosure in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, expanding on its announcement earlier this year.

It said a majority of the data may not be useful because it had incomplete credit card numbers or were from cards that were expired at the time of the breach between July 2005 and December 2006.

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