cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51778500

Toys “R” Us Canada has sent notices of a data breach to customers informing them of a security incident where threat actors leaked customer records they had previously stolen from its systems.

  • ryan213
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    How does one protect themselves apart from, “pay everything in cash and in person?”

    • non_burglar@lemmy.world
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      You manage your identities and passwords yourself, so that when this happens the damage is more contained.

    • kent_eh
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      apart from, "pay everything in cash and in person?

      It’s not as bad a strategy as some people claim.

      It worked for people since the beginning of buying things.

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          More and more opting for cashless.

          shrug if they don’t want to take my money, I can find someone else who will.