Do You Shop at the Wall Kmart? Check Your Credit And Debit Cards

Kmart customers who shop in its Brick, Manahawkin, Toms River or Wall stores may need to check their debit and credit card accounts, after the retailer discovered a data breach last week.

According to an article on APP.com, the company announced its payment system had been attacked by hackers who stole customers’ debit and credit card numbers. Kmart discovered the intrusion into its payment system on Thursday but the investigation shows it goes back to early September, Kmart said in a statement released Friday.

Kmart joins a list of other big companies, including retailers Target, Acme and Home Depot, that have been attacked by hackers.

“According to the security experts we have been working with, our Kmart store payment data systems were infected with a form of malware that was undetectable by current anti-virus systems,” the company said in a statement. “We were able to quickly remove the malware. However, we believe certain debit and credit card numbers have been compromised.”

No personal information, debit card PIN numbers, email addresses or Social Security numbers were obtained by the hackers, the company said. There also is no evidence that Kmart.com customers were affected.