Bebe Stores confirms payment card security breach

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05/12/2014 12:24

Dec 5 (Reuters) - Bebe Stores Inc  BEBE.O  said it had 
detected a hacking attack on its payment processing system that 
could have compromised data from cards swiped in its stores in 
the United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. 
    The exposed data may have included cardholder names, account 
numbers, expiration dates and verification codes, the apparel 
retailer said on Friday.  ID:nBwbs2g18a  
    The company said the affected transactions were made between 
Nov. 8 and Nov. 26, the day before Thanksgiving.  
    Security blog KrebsOnSecurity said on Thursday that hackers 
may have stolen credit and debit card data from bebe during 
Thanksgiving and Black Friday.  ID:nL3N0TO5KP  
 
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Saumyadeb Chakrabarty) 
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