Macy’s has started informing some of its customers that their personal and financial information may have been stolen by cybercriminals.
According to the company, it noticed on October 15 that there had been a suspicious connection between macys.com and another website. An investigation revealed that malicious code had been added to the checkout page and the My Account wallet page on macys.com.
The malicious code was designed to capture information entered by customers on the desktop version of the Macy’s website and send it back to a server controlled by the hackers. The mobile application and mobile website were not impacted, Macy’s said.
The attackers may have obtained information such as full name, address, city, state, zip code, phone number, email address, payment card number, card security code, and card expiration date, if the information was provided by the customer on the checkout page or the My Account wallet page.
Macy’s claims the malicious code was only present on its website between October 7 and October 15. The company has notified law enforcement and it has called in a forensics firm to help investigate the incident.
The retailer says it has also alerted payment card issuers and it has taken steps to prevent such incidents in the future. It has also decided to cover the cost of identity protection services for a period of 12 months for affected customers.
The company also appears to be concerned that information stolen as a result of the breach may be used for phishing, vishing and smishing, and it has warned customers of the possibility that cybercriminals may try to obtain their pa ..
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