Advance Auto Parts Breach Included Unencrypted Payment Data From 2001
Written by Evan SchumanApril 11th, 2008
Unencrypted customer credit card information dating back to 2001 was among the customer payment data stolen from as many as 56,000 customers of Advance Auto Parts, according to one company official, who added that the chain is not PCI compliant.
The $4.8 billion automotive aftermarket parts chain—which dubs itself the nation's second largest such chain, with 3,261 stores in 40 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands—said the breach appears to have impacted customers from 14 of its stores in Georgia, Ohio, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, New York, Virginia and Indiana.
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April 14th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Part of PCI compliance should be searching for “rogue” databases containing cardholder data. These can be on mainframes, servers, or laptops. Sensitive number finders (e.g., PANs or SSNs) can help. This experience reinforces the notion that it isn’t just what you know that can hurt you, but what you don’t know.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Actually PCI DSS compliance *Requires* just that for a Level 1 merchant, which Advance will now become by virtue of their breach. Presumably they were not a Level 1 prior to the breach which meant they had a more relaxed standard that does not require the search.