Officials at Michaels are investigating a potential data breach that has apparently affected an unknown number of cards used in the chain s stores in the last few weeks. The company has released very little detail about the compromise but said that it is still investigating the incident. The scope of the Michaels breach is unknown at this point, and company officials said they re still not sure whether the attack was on their network or somewhere else in the payment ecosystem. The apparent intrusion at Michaels is the latest in a string of data breaches at large retailers in recent months.
Source: https://threatpost.com/michaels-data-breach-under-investigation/103865/