Barnes & Noble hacked. Is your credit card at risk?
Barnes & Noble: hacked PIN pads were located in 63 stores in nine states. If you used a debit or credit card at one of them, change your PIN number immediately and contact your bank.
A Barnes & Noble bookstore is shown in Encinitas, Calif., in this 2008 file photo.According to Barnes & Noble, hacked PIN pads at 63 of its 700 bookstores may have allowed hackers to steal credit-card information from customers who used the pads.
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Barnes & Noble has been hacked, and is warning customers of a data breach affecting 63 of its stores in nine states.
The breach was “a sophisticated criminal effort to steal credit card information, debit card information, and debit card PIN numbers from customers who swiped their cards through PIN pads when they made purchases,” New York-based bookseller said in a statement Wednesday.
States with stores involved in the breach are California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.
The hackers placed bugs to collect information on one PIN pad at each of the 63 affected stores, and only customers who used those specific PIN pads (less than 1 percent) are at risk, Barnes & Noble says.
As a precaution, Barnes & Noble has halted PIN pad use at each of its 700 locations nationwide. Customers can still make credit card purchases via cash registers.
The “customer database is secure,” the company statement read. “Purchases on Barnes & Noble.com, NOOK and NOOK mobile apps were not affected. The member database was also not affected. None of the affected PIN pads was discovered at Barnes & Noble College Bookstores.”
Customers who have used PIN pads at any of the affected locations should take the following steps:
Debit Card Users:
- Change the PIN numbers on debit cards
- Review account activity for unauthorized transactions
- If any unauthorized purchases or withdrawals are discovered, notify your bank immediately.
Credit Card Users:
- Review statements for any unauthorized transactions
- Notify your bank if you discover any unauthorized purchases or cash advances
For further information, visit Barnes & Noble’s release, here.
Below is Barnes & Noble’s complete list of targeted stores:
| Store Address | City | State | Zip |
| 4735 Commons Way | Calabasas | CA | 91302 |
| 2470 Tuscany Street Suite 101 | Corona | CA | 92881 |
| 2015 Birch Road Suite 700 | Chula Vista | CA | 91915 |
| 313 Corte Madera Town Center | Corte Madera | CA | 94925 |
| 5604 Bay Street | Emeryville | CA | 94608 |
| 810 West Valley Parkway | Escondido | CA | 92025 |
| 1315 E. Gladstone Street | Glendora | CA | 91740 |
| 5183 Montclair Plaza Lane | Montclair | CA | 91763 |
| 894 Marsh St Bldg G | San Luis Obispo | CA | 93401 |
| 2615 Vista Way | Oceanside | CA | 92054 |
| 72-840 Highway 111 Suite 425 | Palm Desert | CA | 92260 |
| 27460 West Lugonia Ave | Redlands | CA | 92374 |
| 1150 El Camino Real Space 277 | San Bruno | CA | 94066 |
| 10775 Westview Parkway | San Diego | CA | 92126 |
| 3600 Stevens Creek Blvd | San Jose | CA | 95117 |
| 11 West Hillsdale Blvd. | San Mateo | CA | 94403 |
| 9938 Mission Gorge Road | Santee | CA | 92071 |
| 40570 Winchester Rd | Temecula | CA | 92591 |
| 4820 Telephone Road | Ventura | CA | 93003 |
| 1149 S. Main St. | Walnut Creek | CA | 94596 |
| 470 Universal Drive North | North Haven | CT | 06473 |
| 100 Greyrock Place Suite H009 | Stamford | CT | 06901 |
| 60 Isham Road | W. Hartford | CT | 06107 |
| 18711 NE Biscayne Blvd | Aventura | FL | 33180 |
| 333 N. Congress Avenue | Boynton Beach | FL | 33436 |
| 152 Miracle Mile | Coral Gables | FL | 33134 |
| 1900 W International Spdway | Daytona Beach | FL | 32114 |
| 2051 N. Federal Highway | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 33305 |
| 12405 N Kendall Drive | Miami | FL | 33186 |
| 11380 Legacy Ave | Palm Beach Gardens | FL | 33410 |
| 14572 SW 5th St Suite 10140 | Pembroke Pines | FL | 33027 |
| 11820 Pines Blvd | Pembroke Pines | FL | 33026 |
| 5701 Sunset Drive Suite 196 | S. Miami | FL | 33143 |
| 700 Rosemary Ave Unit #104 | West Palm Beach | FL | 33401 |
| 1441 West Webster Avenue | Chicago | IL | 60614 |
| 1130 North State Street | Chicago | IL | 60610 |
| 5380 Route 14 | Crystal Lake | IL | 60014 |
| 20600 North Rand Road | Deer Park | IL | 60010 |
| 728 North Waukegan Road | Deerfield | IL | 60015 |
| 1630 Sherman Avenue | Evanston | IL | 60201 |
| 1468 Springhill Mall Blvd | W. Dundee | IL | 60118 |
| 170 Boylston Street | Chestnut Hill | MA | 02467 |
| 96 Derby Street Suite 300 | Hingham | MA | 02043 |
| 82 Providence Highway | East Walpole | MA | 2032 |
| 395 Route 3 East | Clifton | NJ | 07014 |
| 55 Parsonage Road | Edison | NJ | 08837 |
| 2134 State Highway 35 | Holmdel | NJ | 07733 |
| 4831 US Hwy 9 | Howell | NJ | 07731 |
| 23-80 Bell Blvd. | Bayside | NY | 11360 |
| 176-60 Union Turnpike | Fresh Meadows | NY | 11366 |
| 1542 Northern Blvd | Manhasset | NY | 11030 |
| 160 E 54th Street (Citicorp) | New York | NY | 10022 |
| 2289 Broadway | New York | NY | 10024 |
| 33 East 17th Street (Union Square) | New York | NY | 10003 |
| 555 Fifth Ave | New York | NY | 10017 |
| 2245 Richmond Avenue | Staten Island | NY | 10314 |
| 230 Main St | White Plains | NY | 10601 |
| 97 Warren Street | New York | NY | 10007 |
| 100 West Bridge Street | Homestead | PA | 15120 |
| 800 Settlers Ridge Center Drive | Pittsburgh | PA | 15205 |
| 1311 West Main Road | Middleton | RI | 02842 |
| 371 Putnam Pike Suite 330 | Smithfield | RI | 02917 |
| 1350-B Bald Hill Rd | Warwick | RI | 02886 |