A gang of cybercriminals from Eastern Europe, which is believed to be behind this year's high profile breaches of Target, P.F. Chang’s, Neiman Marcus and other retailers has also compromised 51 UPS Stores across the United States.
People who have used their debit or credit cards at UPS Stores between Jan. 20, 2014 and Aug. 11, 2014 may have gotten their data stolen, according to a statement published by the company on Wednesday. UPS discovered that the systems at 51 out of its 4,470 stores had malware installed after receiving a government bulletin alerting various retailers of hackers trying to access their systems.
"Certain customers’ information [...] may have been exposed," wrote UPS Stores spokesperson Chelsea Lee in the statement. "The customer information that may have been exposed includes names, postal addresses, email addresses and payment card information."
At this point, however, it's unclear how many people could have been affected by the data breach, and UPS for now says it has "no evidence of fraud arising from this incident."
The company eliminated the malware on Aug. 11 and says it has "fully contained the incident." Furthermore, customers affected will receive one year of free identity protection and credit monitoring services.
Here's the list of affected locations, published by UPS.