Neiman Marcus confirms customers affected by cyber-security breach

Neiman Marcus confirmed on Saturday that thieves may have stolen customers' credit and debit card information and made unauthorised charges over the holiday season. The luxury merchant thus became the second retailer in recent weeks to announce it had fallen victim to a cyber-security attack.

The hacking, coming weeks after Target revealed its own breach, underscores the increasing challenges that merchants have in thwarting security breaches. On Friday, Target disclosed that its massive data theft was significantly more extensive and affected millions more shoppers than the company announced in December.

Ginger Reeder, spokeswoman for Dallas-based Neiman Marcus Group Ltd, said in an email on Saturday that the retailer had been notified in mid-December by its credit card processor about potentially unauthorised payment activity following customer purchases at stores. On 1 January, a forensics firm confirmed evidence that the upscale retailer was a victim of a criminal cyber-security intrusion and that some customers' cards were possibly compromised as a result.
 
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