Nationwide Data Breach Hits Clothing Retailer Bebe

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: when consumers nationwide can find out that their credit and debit card information has been lost to hackers right when they’re trying to get all of their holiday shopping done. This week’s unfortunate victims? Consumers of women’s clothing retailer Bebe, found in malls nationwide. The report comes from security expert Brian Krebs, who in the past year has broken the stories of the Target and Home Depot breaches as well as many others. Krebs heard from banks about a new pattern of fraudulent transactions.