Bill Bittar reports:
Two New York men turned themselves in on warrants Thursday morning for allegedly attempting to use a bogus credit card at the Rite Aid at 435 Main Street in Monroe on July 10. A police investigation determined the duo had approximately 300 other victims of identity theft and credit card fraud.
Read more on Brookfield Patch. From the description of the data found in their possession, it’s not clear where and how they obtained the credit and debit card track data. Was a single merchant compromised or did they purchase the data online or…? And was/were the breach(es) ever reported? Once law enforcement obtained the data in July, did the card issuers help them identify any common point of compromise?