Forever 21, i of the most pop fashion retailer, is the latest retailer to autumn a victim of a credit carte breach that mightiness touching thousands of customers.
On Tuesday, the fellowship revealed that they were lately notified past times a 3rd political party nigh the "unauthorized access to information from payment cards that were used at sure enough Forever 21 stores."
Forever21 said that they straight off began an investigation of its payment carte systems. An unnamed cyberforensics theater has besides been pulled inwards to endeavor together with ascertain the extent of the breach, should this bring occurred.
The Los Angeles-based clothier hasn't revealed the exact number of how many customers could locomote potentially affected or where the stores are located.
According to the firm, "Because of the encryption together with tokenization solutions that FOREVER 21 implemented inwards 2015, it appears that exclusively sure enough quest of sale devices inwards unopen to FOREVER 21 stores was affected when the encryption on those devices was non inwards operation."
The investigators are focussing on the transactions made inwards shop from March to Oct this year.
The fellowship has advised all its customers "to closely monitor their payment carte statements. If customers run across an unauthorized charge, they should straight off notify the banking concern that issued the card. Payment carte network rules to a greater extent than oft than non country that cardholders are non responsible for such charges."
