Data hacked is from period running from June 2017 to July 2018
Rite Aid Corp. said Monday it is mailing letters to consumers who may have been affected by a recently uncovered hack that allowed a third party to access the personal information of some of its customers.
The drugstore chain (RADCQ), which filed for bankruptcy last October, said an unknown third party impersonated an employee on June 6 to gain access to certain systems.
"We detected the incident within 12 hours and immediately launched an investigation to terminate the unauthorized access, remediate affected systems and ascertain if any customer data was impacted," the company said.
It also reported the incident to law enforcement and to federal and state regulators.
The hacked data appears to be related to the purchase or attempted purchase of certain retail items. It included the purchaser's name, address, date of birth and driver's license number, or the number of other types of government ID that were presented at time of purchase, for purchases made between June 6, 2017, and July 30, 2018.
No Social Security numbers, financial or patient information was accessed, the company said.
Rite Aid is planning to implement heightened security measures to prevent future attacks. Consumers can call the company at 866-810-8094 with questions or concerns, the company said. The number will be open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Central time, from Monday through Oct. 15.
The company is the latest to be hit in a recent flurry of hacks.
On Friday, telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. (T) disclosed a massive hack of customer calls and texts affecting nearly all of its wireless customers and users of its mobile virtual-network operations.
The company said hackers unlawfully accessed and copied logs containing records of customer calls and texts from the period from May 1 to Oct. 31, 2022, as well as on Jan. 2, 2023.
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