The retailer found signs of unauthorized access and malware installed on point-of-sale devices during an investigation into last year’s data breach.
Forever 21’s investigation into a data breach first reported in November 2017 has revealed malware planted on the retailer’s point-of-sale systems (PoS) as well as encryption disabled on some of the devices.
The retailer, which had been using encryption on its payment system since 2015, received a report in mid-October indicating unauthorized access to payment card data at certain stores.
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