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Hackers Steal Card Data from Neiman Marcus

Summary: Neiman Marcus confirmed it is investigating a hacker break-in, uncovered in mid-December, that may have exposed an unknown number of customer payment cards used at its brick-and-mortar stores, and the company is working with the U.S. Secret Service and a forensics firm. Spokesperson Ginger Reeder said the cause, size and duration are not yet known, that there is no evidence online shoppers were affected, and that the company has no indication the breach is related to the Target attack, which ran from around Thanksgiving 2013 to Dec. 15 and affected some 40 million cards.

Bottom line: The fraud surfaced first among banks and card processors tracing a common point of purchase, not from the retailer's own monitoring, and the forensics firm only found evidence of intrusion on January 1st. Target's breach touched 40 million cards and up to 70 million individuals' contact data, and Target has not released details that would let other retailers check whether the same attackers hit them.

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