Customer payment information compromised at 34 Spec's stores
Credit card, debit card and private check information for an estimated half-million or so customers was exposed at 34 of 155 wine and liquor stores owned by Spec's, including 21 in the greater Houston area, over the past year and a half, the company said Friday.
The Spec's warehouse-size superstore near downtown was not affected. Some of the affected stores operate as Copperfield Liquors, JJ's Liquors, Cowtown Discount Liquors, Restaurant & Bar Supply, Warehouse Liquors, The Beverage Shoppe and Richard's Fine Wines & Spirits.
The exposure may include customers' bank routing numbers, card security codes and other payment card and check information.
The information was compromised beginning Oct. 31, 2012, possibly though March 20 of this year, Spec's spokeswoman Jenifer Sarver said.
She said the ongoing compromise affected "an estimated fewer than 550,000" customers and Spec's employees.
More at http://www.chron.com/business/retail/article/Customer-payment-information-compromised-at-34-5357502.php?cmpid=hpbn .
[font color=green]I love Spec's but am grateful that I always paid cash there.[/font]
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