Another Credit Security Breach: Michael’s Craft Stores Confirmed

Michael’s has confirmed that they had a large credit information security breach at their stores. They are saying that credit card numbers and expiration dates were breached, but no names, addresses, or pin numbers were affected.

The breach took place by a sophisticated and not before seen computer program and occurred from March of 2013 to January of 2014 – Over 10 months!

You can read more from Michael’s HERE.

“While we have received limited reports of fraud, we are offering identity protection and credit monitoring services to affected Michaels and Aaron Brothers customers in the U.S. for 12 months at no cost to them. We also are offering these customers a fraud assistance service for 12 months at no cost to them. This service provides customers with a trained representative to assist them in the event they experience a fraud-related issue resulting from this incident. Information on the services can be found here.

We encourage you to actively monitor all of your payment card account activity and immediately contact your bank or card issuer if you notice any suspicious activity. You can find more security tips and information on this website.”