Retailer knew last fall about security breach that recently roiled credit card companies
By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff | April 15, 2005
A computer security breach at Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. that has recently roiled two major credit card companies actually occurred last fall. But Polo only made the problem public yesterday.
Breach in security reaches 2d credit firm MasterCard, Visa refuse to identify retailer whose computer system was hit
By Bruce Mohl, Globe Staff | April 14, 2005
The scope of a computer system breach at a national retailer widened yesterday to involve the customers of a second major credit card firm, but those companies refused to divulge the name of the retailer.
The existence of the security breach first surfaced this week when HSBC North America began notifying 180,000 of its GM MasterCard customers that their credit card information had potentially been compromised. HSBC, which issues the GM cards, urged each customer to replace their card as quickly as possible.