Radio Shack Sued Over Dumpster Data Breach

[Kristijntje]

The State of Texas has charged electronics retailer Radio Shack with violating state identity protection laws, claiming the company dumped thousands of customer records behind a store near Corpus Christi and possibly exposing consumers to identity theft. Radio Shack is not denying the transgression occurred, but says it is an unfortunate and isolated incident...

Around March 21, Radio Shack customer records and receipts were allegedly tossed into a dumpster behind the store, exposing customers to identity theft. The documents contained names, addresses, Social Security numbers and credit card information...

full article: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/bUJg...Info.xhtml

[mandy]

Texas is also filing a lawsuit against CVS for dumping customer records:

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott sued CVS Corp. on Tuesday, alleging pharmacy employees dumped credit card numbers, medical information and other sensitive material from more than 1,000 customers into a garbage container.

The Rhode Island company was accused of failing to protect its customers from identity theft at the store in Liberty, about 45 miles northeast of Houston. The lawsuit alleges employees dumped the records behind a store that apparently was being vacated by CVS...

full article: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=5218812

[jezebel]

If stores would stop hiring managers with IQs of 12 none of this would happen. 

[BellisimaJ.]

[quote author=jezebel link=topic=9040.msg50058#msg50058 date=1177106059]
If stores would stop hiring managers with IQs of 12 none of this would happen. 
[/quote]

Good point. Reminds me of a certain grocery store cashier with an iq of 10.