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Originally Posted by gonzo
BOSTON - At least 45.7 million credit and debit card numbers of TJX Cos. customers were stolen from the discount retailer's computer system over several years, according to a regulatory filing by the company Wednesday.
The filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission gave the first detailed account of the breach that the company initially disclosed in January.
It also said another 455,000 customers who returned merchandise without receipts had their personal data stolen, including driver's license numbers.
TJX owns T.J. Maxx, Marshall's and other stores in North America and the United Kingdom.
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And this is why you have to be PCI compliant to continue to accept Visa after June 2007.