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TJX To Pay Up To 40.9 Million For Data Breach

TJX will be paying as much as 40.9 million in a settlement with Visa and the bank that processes their credit card payments , says the Associated Press.The funds will be used to help U.S. credit card issuers such as banks recover costs related to...

2:59 PM on Fri Nov 30 2007, by Meg Marco, 1,177 views, 16 comments

Former Employee Says TJX Security In Lawrence, Kansas Is A Joke

Remember TJX's gigantic security breach problems last year, where data on 94 million accounts was stolen? Good for you, because apparently TJX doesn't. A former employee of a TJX store in Lawrence, Kansas was fired recently for posting anonymous...

1:55 PM on Tue May 27 2008, by Chris Walters, 5,793 views, 19 comments

Bankers Join The Class Action Fun Against TJX

TJX, the parent company of TJ Maxx and Marshall's, is facing a class action lawsuit from the 45 million customers whose credit card data they lost; now, bankers associations representing 300 banks in Maine, Connecticut and Massachusetts have...

4:13 PM on Sat Apr 28 2007, by Carey Alexander, 699 views, 9 comments

Sorry About That Data Breach, Here's 15% Off!

As an apology to the millions of consumers who had their credit card info stolen, TJX (that's T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, and A.J. Wright) is offering fifteen percent off all purchases in stores today only. We suggest that you pay with cash.

3:22 PM on Thu Jan 22 2009, by Alex Chasick, 3,409 views, 21 comments

The infamous TJ Maxx data breach cut parent company TJX's profits by more than half. The total bill for the breach? $256 million. [Boston Globe]

5:15 PM on Wed Aug 15 2007, by Meg Marco, 792 views, 13 comments

TJX Proposes One-Day Sale As Part Of Class Action Settlement

When TJX revealed earlier this year that they'd failed to keep safe over 45 million customer credit card accounts, they were hit with both consumer and bank class action lawsuits. Now they've submitted a proposed settlement for the consumer class...

5:42 PM on Tue Nov 20 2007, by Chris Walters, 2,293 views, 26 comments

TJX Credit Card Theft Crew Busted

The world's greatest bank thief is in custody. For ripping off over 45.7 million consumer's credit cards from TJ Maxx, and other retailers, authorities pressed charges on Miami mastermind Albert Gonzalez and 11 others. The stolen numbers were sold...

2:37 PM on Tue Aug 5 2008, by Ben Popken, 5,760 views, 36 comments

TJ Maxx Security Breach Happened A Year Earlier Than Previously Reported

From the Boston Globe:

4:22 PM on Wed Feb 21 2007, by Meg Marco, 1,764 views, 12 comments

TJ Maxx Settles Class Action Lawsuits

TJ Maxx has announced that it has settled class action lawsuits stemming from the notorious data breach that affected 45 million credit and debit cards. The exact numbers are not known, but the AP has a few details:

2:48 PM on Sat Sep 22 2007, by Meg Marco, 3,743 views, 8 comments

T.J. Maxx Credit Card Breach Probed By MA & RI AGs

Massachusetts and Rhode Island are opening probes into T.J. Maxx after the retailer lost millions of consumer's credit cards in a recent breach.

10:43 AM on Fri Feb 16 2007, by Ben Popken, 736 views, 4 comments