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Customer Notification Finally Starts in TJX Hack

An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:

Notices are going out to millions of customers who may have had credit card information compromised in a data breach at stores such as T.J. Maxx and Marshalls.

The notices contain information about eligibility for compensation such as vouchers and credit monitoring to be provided under a proposed settlement with TJX Cos., the operator of more than 2,500 discount stores.

TJX said last March that at least 45.7 million cards were exposed to possible fraud in a breach of its computer systems. Court filings by banks that also sued TJX estimated the number of cards affected at more than 100 million.

More here.

Note: Better late than never? Not even. A year after divulging the breach, this attempt at "notification" is appalling. -ferg

posted by Fergie @ 2/29/2008 11:48:00 PM