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UPS loses 105,000 US transaction details in 8-month malware breach

on Aug 21, 2014 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

UPS on Wednesday announced that 105,000 US customers’ personal information, including card payment details, was stolen in a cyber breach of branches across 24 states.

Fifty one (one per cent) of the firm’s 4,470 US business hubs were breached by the malware attack, which was undetectable to current anti-virus software programs.

Customers who used credit or debit cards at these locations between 20 January and 11 August this year, were vulnerable to the data theft which saw clients’ names, postal addresses, email addresses and payment card information stolen.

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Source: The Drum