Neiman Marcus confirms data breach
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Dallas-based Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. has confirmed that some of its customers' payment card information was stolen during the holiday shopping season.
- Mike Oricchio[1]
- Managing Editor- Dallas Business Journal
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Neiman Marcus Group Ltd.[4], the Dallas-based luxury retailer, has confirmed that customers' payment card information was stolen and unauthorized charges were made over the holidays.
The announcement comes on the heals of Friday's revelation that more than 100 million Target[5] department store customers may have had credit card or personal data, such as email and home addresses, stolen by cyber-thieves[6] during the holiday shopping season. While a link has yet to be made between the two cases, the Associated Press reported that some cyber-security experts already are drawing a connection[7].
According to the news service, Neiman Marcus spokeswoman Ginger Reeder[8] said in an email Saturday that the retailer's credit card processor alerted management in mid-December of potentially unauthorized payment activity following purchases made by its customers. On Jan. 1, a forensics firm confirmed evidence of a cyber-security breach and that some customers' credit and debit card data may have been put at risk because of it, the AP also said.
Neiman Marcus issued an apology to shoppers on its Twitter account late Friday, tweeting: "The security of our customers' information is always a priority and we sincerely regret any inconvenience," followed by: "We are taking steps, where possible, to notify customers whose cards we know were used fraudulently after purchasing at our stores."
The retailer is not speculating on the number of customers who may have been affected, but the company operates 40 stores and clearance outlets. The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources familiar with the breach, reported that fewer than a million cards[9] belonging to customers may have been compromised.
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- ^ Target (www.bizjournals.com)
- ^ stolen by cyber-thieves (www.bizjournals.com)
- ^ drawing a connection (abcnews.go.com)
- ^ Ginger Reeder (feeds.bizjournals.com)
- ^ reported that fewer than a million cards (online.wsj.com)