Wednesday, May 11, 2011

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Michaels PIN Pads Compromised
At least 90 PIN pads at Michaels stores across the United States have been tampered with, enabling attackers to steal credit and debit card info when customers swiped their cards to make purchases at those stores. The arts and crafts superstore originally reported that the PIN pad tampering was confined to Chicago-area Michaels stores, but later confirmed rumors that Michaels stores across the country were also impacted.

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