Yup, its happened once again! This time Staples finally confirmed its customers credit card data were breached at 115 of its stores according to
KrebsOnSecurity.com. A list of affected stores can be downloaded
here.
Apparently, the breach occurred between April-Sept 2014, but not being disclosed until now. Staples Chief Technology Officer acknowledged that the minimum time it took to detect and respond to a breach from a store was 40 days according to Brian Krebs.
A company press release
Staples Provides Update on Data Security Incident, indicates that they are also offering free credit monitoring services, for customers who made credit card purchases at one of their affected stores.