Credit Card Info of WiseBuy Customers Stolen
After the second largest security breach in the history reported at Hannaford, another data exposure involving credit cards has just been covered by the press. The Canaton Police are investigating hundreds of reports of thefts of credit and debit card numbers belonging to customers who shopped at WiseBuys department store in December.
“We have had hundreds of victims and thousands of thefts. We have had amounts as high as $3,000 and as low as $10,” said Sgt. Lori A. McDougal of the village police department. “I would say at this point they total upwards of $100,000.”
Victims are all believed to have shopped at the Canton WiseBuys store between Dec. 5 and 20, Ms. McDougal said. Since then, stolen credit card numbers have been used to create fake cards in New York City.
