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30/03/2007
Customers warned over TKMaxx credit card scam
Credit card details of millions of customers of US retailer TJX have been stolen by hackers, it has been revealed.
Information from around 45.7 million payment cards used by customers of TJX - which owns TJMaxx and UK outlet TKMaxx - were accessed during a period of seventeen months, affecting transactions as far back as December 2002.
The data was accessed on TJX's systems in Watford, Hertfordshire and Massachusetts from July 2005, but no data was stolen after December 18 last year.
TJX has admitted that it does not know how many customers could be affected by the theft. However, the company did say that many of the affected cards would probably now have expired.
A UK helpline is available for any customers who fear they may have been the victim of fraud because of the theft. It can be contacted on: 0800 779015.
(KMcA/SP)
Information from around 45.7 million payment cards used by customers of TJX - which owns TJMaxx and UK outlet TKMaxx - were accessed during a period of seventeen months, affecting transactions as far back as December 2002.
The data was accessed on TJX's systems in Watford, Hertfordshire and Massachusetts from July 2005, but no data was stolen after December 18 last year.
TJX has admitted that it does not know how many customers could be affected by the theft. However, the company did say that many of the affected cards would probably now have expired.
A UK helpline is available for any customers who fear they may have been the victim of fraud because of the theft. It can be contacted on: 0800 779015.
(KMcA/SP)
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