Herff Jones credit card breach impacts college students across the US

guest · May 16, 2021

Herff Jones credit card breach impacts college students across the US
May 16, 2021
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Graduating students from several universities in the U.S. have been reporting fraudulent transactions after using payment cards at popular cap and gown maker Herff Jones.

In the wake of the reports that started last Sunday, the company started an investigation to determine the extent of the data breach.
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Senior students spot illegal card charges
The complaints continued through this week, alerting others to check their card statements for illegal charges. The issue is affecting students across the U.S. at universities in Indiana (Purdue, IU), Boston, Maryland (Towson University), Houston (UH, UHD), Illinois, Delaware, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania (Lehigh, Misericordia), New York (Cornell), Arizona, North Carolina (Wake Forest), Florida (State University), California (Sonoma State).

Herff Jones was completely unaware of the breach until students started to complain on social media about their fraudulent charges to their payment cards.
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One senior at Cornell University stated that they had to cancel their credit card because it had been stolen and fraudsters tried to charge $3,000 to “asics” and used it on adult content subscription service OnlyFans.

On May 12th, Herff Jones issued a statement acknowledging the payment card data breach and apologizing for the incident.

“We sincerely apologize to those impacted by this incident. We are working diligently to identify and notify impacted customers” - Herff Jones
The company is investigating the incident with the help of “a leading cybersecurity firm.”
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