Dollar Tree Hit By Third-Party Data Breach Impacting 2 Million People (bleepingcomputer.com) 16
Dollar Tree was impacted by a third-party data breach stemming from the hack of service provider Zeroed-In Technologies. According to Bleeping Computer, nearly two million customers have been affected. "The information stolen during the attack includes names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers (SSNs)." From the report: According to a data breach notification shared with the Maine Attorney General, Dollar Tree's service provider, Zeroed-In, suffered a security incident between August 7 and 8, 2023. As part of this cyberattack, the threat actors managed to steal data containing the personal information of Dollar Tree and Family Dollar employees. "While the investigation was able to determine that these systems were accessed, it was not able to confirm all of the specific files that were accessed or taken by the unauthorized actor," reads the letter sent to affected individuals. "Therefore, Zeroed-In conducted a review of the contents of the systems to determine what information was present at the time of the incident and to whom the information relates."
The information stolen during the attack includes names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers (SSNs). Zeroed-In has notified the affected individuals and enclosed instructions on enrolling in a twelve-month identity protection and credit monitoring service. Other Zeroed-In customers apart from Dollar Tree and Family Dollar may have also been impacted by the security breach, but this hasn't been confirmed yet. Meanwhile, the scale of the data breach has already triggered investigations from law firms looking into a potential class-action lawsuit against Zeroed-In.
The information stolen during the attack includes names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers (SSNs). Zeroed-In has notified the affected individuals and enclosed instructions on enrolling in a twelve-month identity protection and credit monitoring service. Other Zeroed-In customers apart from Dollar Tree and Family Dollar may have also been impacted by the security breach, but this hasn't been confirmed yet. Meanwhile, the scale of the data breach has already triggered investigations from law firms looking into a potential class-action lawsuit against Zeroed-In.
Dollar Tree Customers (Score:3)
The information stolen during the attack includes names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers (SSNs).
How do they come to possess such customer data? The most valuable thing that I'd hand over in a transaction with them has a picture of George Washington on it. Maybe Lincoln if I'm feeling particularly pecunious.
Re:Dollar Tree Customers (Score:4, Informative)
I think the summary is incorrect in stating "customers" because the article says it was employee data.
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Dunno about where you are but where I am (Humboldt County, CA) the only retailer that scans my card is Grocery Outlet. Literally nowhere else scans my ID for alcohol; Not liquor stores, nor gas stations, nor other food markets.
I've been assuming that the places that do it have been busted selling to minors repeatedly, but maybe they're just monetizing my PII.
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The breach is at Zeroed-In, so "customers" refers to customers of Zeroed-In and "customer data" refers to data on the employees of customers of Zeroed-In.
I got a Mountain Holler habit (Score:2)
Is it really a breach? (Score:3)
Or did somebody just stumble over a box of hard drives in the aisle while trying to get their overpriced and undersized goods?
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It's overpriced for what you get. I read recently someone compared price-per-unit between dollar stores and big-box (Wal-Mart and Target) discount stores - the dollar stores were always more expensive. You paid less at the dollar stores, but the amount of product you got was significantly less. Like soap - you might get 4oz of soap for $1 at the dollar stores, but you'd get 12oz of soap for $2 at the big-box stores. That's what I call overpriced.
Employees + family = 2 million!?!? (Score:2)
How the.... I didn't even think they had more customers than 2 million let alone employees and family?I work for a large company with ~11,000 employees, pretend each employee represented a family of 4 and claim 100% replacement rate over 10 years that's only 88,000...
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Do you have a Dollar Tree near you? The employee turnover in those stores is amazing, it's like almost everybody in town has worked there at some point for a few weeks and quit.
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Even more...
16,000+ stores for Dollar Tree.
8,200+ stores for Family Dollar.