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BJ's Wholesale suspects credit card leak
Visa, Mastercard issue warnings to banks, consumers
BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. revealed Friday that it is investigating a possible computer system break-in that may have exposed its customers' credit card account information.
The Massachusetts-based wholesaler, which has 8 million members, mostly in the Northeast, said it was working with credit card associations and law enforcement officials to investigate the situation.
"BJs was recently made aware of a small fraction of its 8 million members being affected by consumer credit card information theft and took immediate steps to address the situation," said Bob Hamilton, vice president of loss prevention at BJ's, in a statement faxed to MSNBC.com. "Credit card information theft is the fastest growing crime in America and is a major concern for all retailers, including BJ's. We take this issue very seriously."
BJ's -- which last year had $6.7 billion in sales -- said additional customer service representatives would be made available to help consumers who think their account information may have been stolen.
Visa, Mastercard issue warnings to banks, consumers
BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. revealed Friday that it is investigating a possible computer system break-in that may have exposed its customers' credit card account information.
The Massachusetts-based wholesaler, which has 8 million members, mostly in the Northeast, said it was working with credit card associations and law enforcement officials to investigate the situation.
"BJs was recently made aware of a small fraction of its 8 million members being affected by consumer credit card information theft and took immediate steps to address the situation," said Bob Hamilton, vice president of loss prevention at BJ's, in a statement faxed to MSNBC.com. "Credit card information theft is the fastest growing crime in America and is a major concern for all retailers, including BJ's. We take this issue very seriously."
BJ's -- which last year had $6.7 billion in sales -- said additional customer service representatives would be made available to help consumers who think their account information may have been stolen.
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