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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Staples Confirms Data Breach, May Not Be Nationwide [Watch (HLS stream): Staples Confirms Data Breach, May Not Be Nationwide](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/yjxC9d2V.m3u8) (1:36)  _Published 2014-10-21. 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A statement given to Krebs by the office supplies retailers said, what you might expect, that they take security issues very seriously, and customers should know that they're not responsable for credit card fraud. It used to be so much easier tracking the hacks when it was just Target making us all check our credit card activity. In recent months, Home Depot, Michaels stores, Neiman- Marcus and Dairy Queen have all reported data breaches among others. To be fair this breach doesn't appear to be on the massive nationwide scale some malware has caused. Grebbs who has time and again advocated for more corporate awareness when it comes to hacks wrote his sources within banks on the east coast. Put the breach at a small number of stores. It appears likely that the fraudsters have succeeded in stealing customer card data from some subset of Staples locations, including seven Staples stores in Pennsylvania. At least three in New York City and another in New Jersey. Staples did not provide a time frame for when the breach could have happened. [ MUSIC ] Consumer advocates generally recommend monitoring your credit card activity and reporting anything strange if you've shopped at the hacked stores. But remember, the Fair Credit Billing Act says your liability for unauthorized. 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