Texan liquor chain Spec's leaks 550k card details in 17 month breach

  • 2 April 2014
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A chain of liquor stores based in Houston, Texas may have leaked as many as 550,000 sets of customer bank and card records after some of its systems were compromised for close to 17 months.

Spec's, a family-run chain which is apparently the fifth largest wine seller in the US, operates over 165 stores, of which 34 are thought to have been affected by the breach.
 
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That is pretty scary.  They have stores in Austin as well, but I've only been there once a couple years ago, so hopefully I'm safe.

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