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UPS Store Notifies Customers Of Potential Data Breach(dpa-AFX International Compact Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SANDY SPRINGS (dpa-AFX) - UPS Store Inc, a unit of United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS), said Wednesday that it was among many other U.S. retailers who recently received a government bulletin regarding a broad-based malware intrusion not identified by current anti-virus software. UPS Store said it hired an IT security firm that discovered malware identified in the bulletin on systems at 51 locations in 24 states, or about 1% of 4,470 franchised center locations throughout the United States. Certain customers'information, who used a credit or debit card at the 51 impacted franchised center locations between January 20 and August 11, may have been exposed, UPS Store said. For most locations, the period of exposure to the malware began after March 26. The malware was eliminated as of August 11 and customers can shop securely at all The UPS Store locations, the company said. Copyright RTT News/dpa-AFX |