---
title: "Retail giant hit by year-long credit card data breach - Komando.com"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/retail-giant-hit-by-year-long-credit-card-data-breach-komando-com/"
date: "2017-05-18T01:06:38+00:00"
section: "Identity Theft"
tags:
  - "Data Breach"
  - "Identity Theft"
source: "komando.com"
source_url: "http://www.komando.com/happening-now/401043/retail-giant-hit-by-year-long-credit-card-data-breach"
---

# Retail giant hit by year-long credit card data breach - Komando.com

May 18, 2017 · Reported by komando.com

![](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/portadas/2017/retail-giant-hit-by-year-long-credit-card-data-breach-komando-com.jpg)

> We’re talking about the country’s oldest clothing retailer, Brooks Brothers. The company just disclosed that it was the victim of a major data breach that was ongoing from April 4, 2016 until March 1, 2017. A criminal installed malicious software designed to capture payment card information on some of the company’s payment processing systems.

[Read the full article at komando.com](http://www.komando.com/happening-now/401043/retail-giant-hit-by-year-long-credit-card-data-breach)

**Tags:** [Data Breach](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/data-breach/) · [Identity Theft](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/identity-theft/)