JCPenney, Wet Seal: The Arguments For Keeping Gonzalez Mystery Merchants Secret
Written by Brooklynne Kelly Peters and Evan SchumanMarch 26th, 2010
JCPenney and Wet Seal were both officially added to the list of Albert Gonzalez’s retail victims on Friday (March 26) when U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock refused to continue their cloak of secrecy and unsealed their names. StorefrontBacktalk reported last August that the $17 billion JCPenney chain was one of Gonzalez’s victims.
But the $561 million chain Wet Seal, which has 504 stores in 47 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, kept its identity secret. No more, though, and that’s the way Woodlock wanted it.
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March 26th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
It’s about time the information was made public. Kudos to Judge Woodlock.
April 1st, 2010 at 9:13 am
This sounds like salvos in a war between the elected government and the corporate government that really rules this country.
April 1st, 2010 at 9:18 am
I cannot believe how arrogant JC Penney was!
April 1st, 2010 at 10:00 am
Yeah it’s public and likely known about to those in a IT security profession, but already forgotten about in the main public arena. Not to mention I’m willing to bet that new information like this will be overlooked by the media and won’t be considered a headline. Prove me wrong though and you’ll make me smile.
April 1st, 2010 at 3:41 pm
What an odd little poem – “Oklahoma ligno and lithograph” – I’m impressed the judge pulled that one out.