Major Breach of MAPCO Database May Affect Thousands of Consumers

 

MAPCO Express, a retail gas station and convenience store company based out of Brentwood, Tennessee, experienced a major security breach earlier this year. MAPCO has locations in Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Virginia and Arkansas.

On May 6, 2013, MAPCO first publicly announced that it was hit by a wide-reaching security breach that left thousands of customers exposed to fraud and identify theft from transactions that date back as far as March of this year.  Computer hackers stole the credit/debit card information of MAPCO customers and have been making unauthorized transactions with this financial information.

The rules that cover transactions on credit cards, check cards, and debit cards require merchants to validate a series of security measures, such as the establishment of firewalls to protect databases.  Among other things, merchants, such as MAPCO, are prohibited from storing unprotected cardholder information. 

Pittman, Dutton & Hellums, P.C., has filed a class action complaint against MAPCO for those injured by this security breach. A recent story in The Tuscaloosa News was published on its affiliated website which discusses the story in greater detail:

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20130625/NEWS/130629888/1291/living?Title=Northport-lawyer-sues-convenience-store-chain&tc=ar

We have reason to believe that one MAPCO location in particular, located on the corner of McFarland and 69^th in Tuscaloosa, was hit by the hackers.

The relevant dates of the security breach occurred between March 19-25, April 14-15 and April 20-21 of 2013. If you used a credit or debit card at any MAPCO location  and were injured by the MAPCO breach, please contact Booth Samuels at 1-866-515-8880 or by email at booths@pittmandutton.com

Chinese Drywall Registration Deadline Extended (Again)

Yesterday's deadline to register claims for any of the Chinese drywall settlements was again extended by Judge Fallon. The Order came through late yesterday evening.

The deadline to register a claim is now set for July 8th. If you do not register a claim, you will be excluded from receiving any benefits from the settlements, absent good cause shown.

DEADLINE TODAY FOR CDW REGISTRATION

Today, June 24th,  is the last day to register for any of the Chinese drywall settlements. The Registration is the first step. The second step is the submission of claims.  No claim form will be accepted absent a registration. The claims must be filed by August 26, 2013.