Barnes & Noble Warns Of Nationwide Card Data Theft

By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times
Wed, 10/24/2012 - 8:03am

Barnes & Noble, the country’s largest bookseller, said data thieves hacked into payment devices at 63 of its stores nationwide and may have stolen credit and debit card information from customers.

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