BJ's Wholesale suspects credit card leak (8 million members)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4516301/

BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. revealed Friday that it is investigating a possible computer system break-in that may have exposed its customers' credit card account information.

The Massachusetts-based wholesaler, which has 8 million members, mostly in the Northeast, said it was working with credit card associations and law enforcement officials to investigate the situation.

"BJs was recently made aware of a small fraction of its 8 million members being affected by consumer credit card information theft and took immediate steps to address the situation," said Bob Hamilton, vice president of loss prevention at BJ's, in a statement faxed to MSNBC.com. "Credit card information theft is the fastest growing crime in America and is a major concern for all retailers, including BJ's. We take this issue very seriously."

BJ's -- which last year had $6.7 billion in sales -- said additional customer service representatives would be made available to help consumers who think their account information may have been stolen.

My bank reissued my debit card last year over a similar incident. Not fun when you can't do online banking, use it for a transaction, or withdraw money from an ATM till you get and activate the new card which took about 5 days.

Being a weekend if you used a debit/credit card at BJ's be aware.

to have a credit card!