Breach At Walmart Canada and CVS Supplier Could Impact Online Photo Customers
Financial Services // Retailer // Canada
A vendor based in Vancouver that hosts the two retailers’ photo sites, and collects customers’ payment information, has been hacked.
The incident might have leaked credit card data from their online photo processing websites, possibly compromising user data.
The two major companies have temporarily shut down their online photo processing services and related mobile services.
The IT vendor, Staples-owned PNI Digital Media, also provides software for online photo processing services at Costco.
Costco’s photo site appeared to be functioning as of July 17.
A spokesman for Staples confirmed that PNI was investigating a potential credit card data security issue.
“If an issue is discovered, it is important to note that consumers are not responsible for any fraudulent activity on their credit cards that is reported on a timely basis,” he said.
CVS said that the chain’s main e-commerce site, as well as sites dedicated to contact lens sales and the chain’s medical clinics, were managed separately and were unaffected.
Walmart Canada said it has no reason to think that the retail giant’s photo processing site in the United States, or Walmart’s main e-commerce sites in Canada or the United States, was affected.