Cybersecurity incident — 2015-07-17 00:00:00
Affected organization: Tesco
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Retail Trade
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

Pharmacy chain CVS takes down its online photo center CVSphoto.com, replacing it with a message warning that customer credit card data may have been compromised. The incident comes just days after Walmart Canada said it was investigating a potential breach, and is the consequence of the compromise of the third party hosting the website (PNI). Other affected companies include: Sams Club, Walgreens, Rite Aid and Tesco, to name a few.