Shoe Retailer Latest To Lose (Customer Credit Card) Data (DSW)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/10/tech/main679427.shtml

As the news of a new major consumer security breach goes public, a Senate committee is beginning a hearing on identity and personal information theft.

More than 100,000 customers of a shoe-store chain likely have been affected by a cyber break-in of the company's database, the Secret Service said Thursday.

Meanwhile, Senators are looking at new regulation for companies like ChoicePoint Inc. that gather personal information about millions of Americans, CBS News Radio Correspondent Bob Fuss reports. Similar breaches have happened in recent days at LexisNexis and Bank of America, which lost track of more than a million people's records — including those of some Senators.

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Columbus-based DSW Shoe Warehouse discovered the theft of credit card and personal shopping information last Friday and reported it to federal authorities, the company said. DSW was alerted by a credit card company that noticed suspicious activity.

[sevendogs]

1. Any way to find a list of the affected stores?

I was at a DSW in January and bought something with an American Express card. Wonderful! Not!

[pnutchuck]

2. First rule about Fight Club

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[shraby]

3. The main identity theft is what Choicepoint

and other data miners do. That makes everyone in the country potential sitting ducks.

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