45.7 Million Credit Cards Hacked

This type of thing seems like it’s becoming a little too common…I hope T.J. Maxx is held accountable.

Information from at least 45.7 million credit and debit cards was stolen by hackers who accessed TJX’s customer information in a security breach that the discount retailer disclosed more than two months ago.

TJX Cos., the owner of about 2,500 stores, said in a regulatory filing late Wednesday that about three-quarters of those cards had either expired at the time of the theft, or data from their magnetic strips had been masked _ stored as asterisks rather than numbers.

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