sweetbay credit breach still affecting consumers
On Wednesday morning, Sticks of Fire reader Gayle left a comment on a months-old post about the Sweetbay credit card fiasco:
This is far from over. My credit card was one of the breaches and [Tuesday] I apparently popped up in Tennessee on a shopping spree!!!!
Sure enough - a quick google finds that there is a recent uptick in the use of Sweetbay’s stolen credit card data.
Gayle offers sage advice…
WATCHING is just not good enough. Cancel all your credit cards that you may have used as Sweetbay.
Some credit card issuers are no longer giving you the option of replacing them, they are re-issuing plastic for all breached accounts. Of course, not all of them are doing this, so you should take it upon yourself to prevent this - kill all your Sweetbay-used cards immediately.
But Sweetbay is not the only one to blame in the credit mess. Gayle’s credit card company allowed the thieves to change her address:
.. when asked for a zip code on one purchase, my investigator from the credit card company said the thieves they had changed it and was able to continue with the several hundred dollar purchase.
Shame on retail outlets that do not check for photo ID, and are only interested in making the sale.
Shame on all credit card companies who put you and I through telephone rigamarole just to DISCUSS our account, but allow thieves to change account information without much trouble.
You cannot count on any business to do the right thing - you must look out for yourself at every turn.
PS: And now grocery stores are trying to even more closely track shoppers habits!
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