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UPS: We’ve Been Hacked – May have compromised customer card information

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Re: UPS: We’ve Been Hacked – May have compromised customer card information

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"The malware began to infiltrate the system as early as January 20, but the majority of the attacks began after March 26. UPS says the threat was eliminated as of August 11 and that customers can shop safely at all locations."

I can't "safely shop at all locations" knowing that it took this company 6 months to stop a malware attack.

Re: UPS: We’ve Been Hacked – May have compromised customer card information

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post #3

"The malware began to infiltrate the system as early as January 20, but the majority of the attacks began after March 26. UPS says the threat was eliminated as of August 11 and that customers can shop safely at all locations." I can't "safely shop at all locations" knowing that it took this company 6 months to stop a malware attack.

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Re: UPS: We’ve Been Hacked – May have compromised customer card information

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post #3

"The malware began to infiltrate the system as early as January 20, but the majority of the attacks began after March 26. UPS says the threat was eliminated as of August 11 and that customers can shop safely at all locations." I can't "safely shop at all locations" knowing that it took this company 6 months to stop a malware attack.

if you limit your shopping to companies that can respond timely to security incidents, you won't shop at all.

Re: UPS: We’ve Been Hacked – May have compromised customer card information

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post #3

"The malware began to infiltrate the system as early as January 20, but the majority of the attacks began after March 26. UPS says the threat was eliminated as of August 11 and that customers can shop safely at all locations." I can't "safely shop at all locations" knowing that it took this company 6 months to stop a malware attack.

Yes you can, because you're not liable for credit card fraud committed against you.

Re: UPS: We’ve Been Hacked – May have compromised customer card information

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post #3

"The malware began to infiltrate the system as early as January 20, but the majority of the attacks began after March 26. UPS says the threat was eliminated as of August 11 and that customers can shop safely at all locations." I can't "safely shop at all locations" knowing that it took this company 6 months to stop a malware attack.

Yes you can, because you're not liable for credit card fraud committed against you.

Any claims go on your credit report, so it isn't totally true that there are zero repercussions.

Re: UPS: We’ve Been Hacked – May have compromised customer card information

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Payment card information. What does that mean exactly?

Payment card information is a subset of personally identifiable information (PII). Generally when someone talks about payment card information, they mean the information that is necessary to process a payment card:

First and Last Name

Credit Card Number (and/or PIN and/or CVV and/or routing number/account number)

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