Have you shopped at Kmart using a credit or debit card during the month of September through October 9th? If so, you should be aware that there was a breach in the Kmart payment system.
Here’s part of the statement from Kmart President and Chief Member Office…
I am reaching out to inform our loyal Kmart customers of a recent payment security incident. On Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 our IT team detected that our Kmart store payment data system had been breached and immediately launched a full investigation working with a leading IT security firm. The security experts report that beginning in early September, the payment data systems at Kmart stores were purposely infected with a new form of malware (similar to a computer virus). This resulted in debit and credit card numbers being compromised.
Because of this breach, Kmart will be offering free credit monitoring customers who have made a payment card purchase at a Kmart store between September 1, 2014 and October 9, 2014.
If you’ve shopped at Kmart recently, make sure you head over and read the full statement from Kmart President and Chief Member Officer, Alasdair James, and take advantage of the free credit monitoring.
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