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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Credit bureaus hacked, 200 million at risk

Place a Fraud Alert or Credit Freeze on your accounts

Equifax and TransUnion, two of our three credit reporting bureaus, have been breached. Up to 200 million people may have had their names, social security numbers, addresses, date of birth, and other information stolen.

The problem I have is that no one has been notified. Victims are being victimized twice. And, it's possible the information is already being sold on the black market.

40 million Target customers have credit, debit card account info stolen

Target confirms unauthorized access to card data in U.S. stores

Issue has been identified and resolved

If you have been shopping in a Target store since Black Friday and paid with a credit or debit card, your information has been compromised. Take precautions to protect your account information. Change your passwords now, and contact the credit bureaus to ask about a block to your account.

Zaxby's hit by malware; Your credit at risk

I wasn't aware of this and wanted to inform you in case you didn't know either.

Zaxby’s Franchising, Inc. and it's licensees take the security of guests’ information very seriously and want to inform you of an incident affecting the security of electronic personal credit and debit card information at certain Zaxby’s locations.