Sears addiction possible data breach with the Secret Service

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Sears Holdings Corp. ( SHLD ) , the distributor of hedge fund manager Edward Lampert runs , the investigation of a possible security breach after a series of cyber attacks is the other retailers have the data of millions of consumers exposed .The security check is still at an early stage , such as Verizon Communications Inc. ( VZ ) ' s digital forensics unit and the U.S. Secret Service scour data from company computer to look for traces of hackers and extent of any theft of according to two people familiar with the matter with promotional usb cards .Sears , which is already working to reverse for 28 quarters of declining sales , is now with the fight against a possible attack hacker with buyers around the edge after a series of data breaches retail faced tarnished the image of retailers , including Neiman Marcus Group and hurt sales in target Corp. . ( TGT ) to identify the scope of an attack may take weeks because of the sneaky techniques used by hackers to take. An investigator who works as a consultant for major card companies , said that the meaning of an injury at Sears would be determined by whether it is just in some stores or any POS system company . A compromise of the entire system , once at Target and Neiman Marcus , would be much more serious , Canh Tran said the Chief Executive Officer of Rippleshot , fraud detection company based in Chicago." Traders are not in the business of protecting themselves , and now you have the second and third rows criminals to do it," Tran said . " We're really just waking up to it . "Sears is evaluating whether he was attacked . " There have been rumors and reports from around the retail sector of security incidents at various retailers , and we are active to determine reviewing our arrangements have been victims of rape. " Howard came a cry, a spokesman for Sears said in a note by email "We have no information based on our review of our systems updated , which found a violation . "Jeffrey Nelson , spokesman for Verizon Enterprise Solutions , refused to comment on whether the company is exploring a possible violation Sears . Companies may find themselves in limbo between the first reports of suspected fraud and confirm the size and scope of an attack . A report on the intrusion Neiman Marcus shows that the company had been warned of possible trunk fraudulent payments of credit cards with promotional drives and alloy usb cards in mid-December , but it took a private forensics team until January to find the malware and to confirm the data was recorded . intelligence Sears shares fell more than 2 percent after Bloomberg News reported on research . The stock closed at $ 44.75 , 4 percent in New York .The Secret Service is conducting investigations of attacks on target and Neiman Marcus , the exploited retail point - of - sale , to process more than $ 3 trillion U.S. transactions a year after David Robertson , publisher of the Nilson Report , an industry -. Sears in Hoffman Estates , Illinois -based attempts to mount a comeback under CEO Edward Lampert , who took over the reins of the company a year ago . It invests in e- commerce and rewards programs in an attempt to reverse the decline in sales . He also sold assets and sought to save the company's base shrink, say retailers today need less space shooting.Lampert , who controls about 48 percent of the shares of Sears , was appointed CEO in January 2013 , eight years later, he developed ' s Kmart Corp. $ 12 billion acquisition of Sears in 2005 . Sears Holdings, the company was renamed after the merger . While Lampert has struggled to become profitable Sears , he said in a letter to investors this week that his recovery plan may begin paying this year . The Periodenverlustim last quarter fell to 358 million dollars or $ 3.37 per share , from $ 489 million , or $ 4.61 , a year earlier. Revenue fell 14 percent to $ 10.6 billion . Damage Control Target , the second-largest U.S. discount chain , said that the theft of customer data may have influenced nobody asked basic information to the retailer in recent years . In December, the Minneapolis -based retailer said the credit - and r up to 40 million people who were committed purchases in their stores November 27 to December 15 . In January , the company said the thieves also have access to the names , telephone numbers and residential addresses and e - mail as many 70 million people . At the destination, the access information of the payment card to hackers gained millions of customers at the height of Christmas shopping last year , forcing the company months to do damage control ." At this time we are unable to reasonably estimate a range of possible losses arising from potential claims of payment card networks ' ," the company said this week .