Alert data breach: Car Parts Retailer expose tens of thousands -
Advance Auto Parts, an auto parts chain with through the US locations, has began sending letters to about 56,000 customers whose financial information may have been exposed their financial information.
The company announced only that a "network intrusion" had exposed the financial data. Additional information on how to unauthorized parties had access to data or even exactly what data may have been exposed is currently available.
Fourteen of the retailer's stores are believed to have been affected in the breach, including locations in Georgia, Ohio, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Indiana, Virginia and New York.
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