Dive Brief:
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CVS Health said this weekend that its online photo service may have been breached and has shut down its e-commerce photo operations in an abundance of caution.
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The site’s mobile apps have also been disabled for the time being.
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The photo site uses a vendor and its payment information is dealt with apart from its stores or its CVS.com operations, which aren’t affected.
Dive Insight:
It’s not clear when this breach may have occurred or how many customers may have been affected. The problem is a reminder, though, that the introduction of chip-and-PIN or EMV credit cards is hardly the last answer to payment data breaches. In fact, experts expect more fraud to move online as physical point-of-sales systems become more difficult to hack.