PSA: Michaels admits nearly 3 million customers hit by data breach

Michaels, which originally confirmed a data breach a couple of months ago, said nearly 3 million customers’ information had been stolen from its point-of-sale system.  Here’s their comment and link to the full page with a list of states and stores affected. I’d suggest that if you’re already getting Target protection, wait until that expires to sign up for the Michaels deal.

Michaels has fully contained the issue it first reported on January 25, 2014, and the malware no longer presents a threat while shopping at Michaels or Aaron Brothers. While the company has received limited reports of fraud, Michaels is offering identity protection services to affected Michaels and Aaron Brothers customers in the U.S. for 12 months at no cost to them.

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