“US-based retailer Macy’s has reported an online data breach, which compromised customers’ personal data including credit card information. The incident is found to have occurred between April and June this year. It exposed credit and debit card numbers and expiration dates, names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and birthdays of customers who shopped online at macys.com and bloomingdales.com.”

“In January 2009, Heartland announced a major security breach of its network, following which an attacker stole details for over 100 million payment cards stored on its systems by over 650 of Heartland’s customers. Following this devastating hack and one of the biggest of the 2000s, Heartland paid over $148 million in settlement fees for various lawsuits, and other remediation costs and expenses Heartland owed its customers. As part of their insurance agreements, the two firms paid $30 million to Heartland in the hack’s aftermath, with the Lexington Insurance Company footing a $20 million bill, and the Beazley Insurance Company paying another $10 million.”

“Ticketmaster, a ticket sales and distribution company, has suffered a breach that compromised payment card and personal information of customers who made purchases on its UK website. According to the company, the breach was carried out through malicious software on a customer support product by third-party supplier Inbenta Technologies. The product has now been disabled across all of Ticketmaster websites.”

“What Happened? On May 11, 2018, we learned that some of our Guests’ payment card information was compromised at certain Chili’s restaurants as the result of a data incident. Currently, we believe the data incident was limited to between March – April 2018; however, we continue to assess the scope of the incident. We deeply value our relationships with our Guests and sincerely apologize to those who may have been affected.”

“BuzzFeed News can reveal that the nation’s largest bank lost the banking statements for customers from 2004 to 2014 after a subcontractor lost several tape drives containing the financial information in 2016. While the bank initially notified the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) of the breach shortly after it became aware of it in 2016, a spokesperson for the OAIC told BuzzFeed News it was now making further inquiries into the privacy breach, following a damning report into the bank’s culture released on Tuesday.”

“SunTrust Banks Inc. says accounts for 1.5 million clients could be compromised following a potential case of data theft. The Atlanta bank said Friday that a former employee may have stolen the data and an investigation is ongoing. Compromised information could include names, addresses, phone numbers and account balances. SunTrust says it will offer identity protection for all consumer clients at no cost on an ongoing basis. The company says it has not yet identified any fraudulent activity related to this incident.”

“Yet another retailer — the fourth in seven days — is involved in a cyberattack. Best Buy has issued a warning that some of its customers’ payment information may have been compromised in a data cyberattack on the third-party operator of its chat services, a company called (24)7.ai. The breach occurred between Sept. 27 and Oct. 12, 2017.”

“Count Best Buy Co. Inc. as another unwilling member of the [24]7.ai Inc. breach that has yielded customer payment information already from Sears Holdings Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. In a statement released Thursday, Best Buy disclosed that an unspecified number of customers were affected when the online chat vendor’s network was infiltrated last fall.”