B&N Systems Hacked (publishersweekly.com)

In an email to customers, Barnes & Noble acknowledged that it was made aware “of a cybersecurity attack” on October 10, adding that it resulted “in unauthorized and unlawful access to certain Barnes & Noble corporate systems.”

The email said that while payment card and other financial data were not compromised by the attack, systems affected by the hack “did contain your email address and, if supplied by you, your billing and shipping address and telephone number. We currently have no evidence of the exposure of any of this data, but we cannot at this stage rule out the possibility.”
more information at: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/84619-b-n-systems-hacked.html

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