Kmart Payment Systems Infected With Malware

itman · Jun 1, 2017

Weird ..... I was just watching a show on the Science Channel last night about an "infamous" hacker that made many millions doing the same thing.

Big box department store chain Kmart informed customers on Wednesday that cybercriminals may have stolen their credit or debit card data after installing malware on the company’s payment processing systems.

Kmart, a subsidiary of Sears Holdings, has not provided any information on which stores are affected and for how long hackers had access to its systems. The retailer operates more than 700 stores, but blogger Brian Krebs learned from his sources in the financial industry that the breach does not appear to impact all locations.

It’s unclear what point-of-sale (PoS) malware has been used in the attack, but the retailer has described it as “a new form of malware” and “undetectable by current antivirus systems.”

The company’s investigation showed that names, addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth, email addresses and other personally identifiable information (PII) have not been compromised. Kmart believes the attackers may have only accessed payment card numbers.

“All Kmart stores were EMV ‘Chip and Pin’ technology enabled during the time that the breach occurred, and we believe the exposure to cardholder data that can be used to create counterfeit cards is limited,” said Gareth Glynne, senior VP of retail operations at Sears & Kmart. “There is no evidence that kmart.com or Sears customers were impacted nor that debit PIN numbers were compromised.”
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http://www.securityweek.com/kmart-payment-systems-infected-malware

NormanF · Jun 1, 2017

I've realized in our cashless society how dependent we are on computer systems to do the simplest things.

Without them, we're sitting ducks.

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