Staples Hacked : 1.16 Million Credit Cards stolen

Hackers stealing 56 million credit cards from Staples

The hack affects customers of 115 stores, all the way from Los Angeles to New York, according to a five- page list of outlets released by the company yesterday. An investigation by the company found that criminals had installed malware on point-of-sale systems in those stores.

Now, Staples explains that the malware targeted stores' point-of-sale machines which "may have allowed access to some transaction data at affected stores, including cardholder names, payment card numbers, expiration dates, and card verification codes." It's unclear if the 1.16 number refers to all credit cards or Staples cards or both.