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Credit Card Information Hacked From 7 Chicago Area Barnes & Noble Stores

By Chuck Sudo in News on Oct 24, 2012 1:37PM

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Bookstore chain Barnes & Noble announced Tuesday PIN pads had been tampered with in 63 of their stores in nine states, including seven in the Chicago area.

The seven stores are:

- 1441 W. Webster, Chicago
- 1130 N. State St., Chicago
- 5380 Route 14, Crystal Lake
- 20600 N. Rand Rd., Deer Park
- 728 N. Waukegan Rd., Deerfield
- 1630 Sherman Ave., Evanston
- 1468 Springhill Mall Blvd., West Dundee

The company insisted that purchases on their website, NOOK and NOOK mobile apps were not affected and the company's database was secure. Barnes & Noble said an investigation into the tampering found that only one PIN pad was tampered with in each of the stores.