| Re: TJ Max, Mashalls, ect Credit Card Number fraud
This actually happened back in December 2006, and broke in the national press in mid-January 2007. The credit card processing system at TJ Maxx's parent company, TJX Cos., was hacked, and they got millions of CC numbers (including mine - I had just bought a $3 pair of socks at Marshall's). My bank notified me by certified mail on January 21, killed my card when I called that day and had a replacement in my hands within 5 days. If your financial institution is just now notifying you that there's a problem, they are either pathetically slow in contacting their customers or bordering on negligent in not protecting your account. I don't consider my self to be a harda$$, but I would be asking some very serious questions of my bank if I were in your shoes. Here are a few links.
The initial FoxNews story that broke it public: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,.../identitytheft
The REALLY scary part: http://www.computerworld.com/continu...ry_article.jsp
Why TJX is scared to death of this event: http://www.financetech.com/news/bank...leID=197003730
It gets worse: http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.a...59227&nav=0qq6
It gets even worse: http://www.internetnews.com/security...le.php/3661196
The **it hits the fan: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2106322,00.asp http://wbztv.com/business/local_story_082101600.html
And as usual, only the lawyers and thieves will make any money: http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6169450.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticke...tion_su_1.html
And with those cheerful thoughts, I bid you adieu!  
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