Kmart hit by malware credit card breach

Kmart is the latest high profile name to announce the discovery of malicious credit and debit card stealing malware in its point of sale registers at its retail stores, writes Brian Krebs on his Krebs on Security website. The malware has been removed and the breach has been contained, the company has announced, but further investigations are still taking place.

A statement on the Kmart website says that “based on the forensic investigation to date, no personal information, no debit card PIN numbers, no email addresses and no social security numbers were obtained by those criminally responsible. There is also no evidence that kmart.com customers were impacted.”

Kmart hit by malware credit card breach