Hackers steal customer data from Barnes & Noble keypads

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Submission + - Hackers steal customer data from Barnes & Noble keypads (cnet.com)

Submitted by

helix2301

on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @08:29AM

helix2301 writes: "Hackers broke into keypads at more than 60 Barnes & Noble bookstores and made off with the credit card information for customers who shopped at the stores in the last month. At least one point-of-sale terminal in 63 different stores was compromised recording card details. Since discovering the breach, the company has uninstalled all 7,000 point-of-sale terminals from its hundreds of stores for examination."

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