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The exposed data may have included cardholder
names, account numbers, expiration dates and verification codes,
the women's apparel retailer said on Friday.
Bebe, which also operates stores in Canada, said the affected
transactions were made between Nov. 8 and Nov. 26, the day
before Thanksgiving.
Security blog KrebsOnSecurity said on Thursday that hackers may
have stolen credit and debit card data from bebe during
Thanksgiving and Black Friday.
Bebe is the latest retailer to fall prey to hackers.
Previous victims included Home Depot Inc, Target Corp, Sears
Holdings Corp and Michaels Stores Inc.
Bebe said online transactions were not affected.
"We moved quickly to block this attack and have taken steps to
further enhance our security measures," Chief Executive Jim
Wiggett said in a statement on Friday.
Bebe operates 175 retail stores and 35 outlet stores in the
United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Canada.
Bebe's shares, which have fallen by more than half in the past
nine months, closed at $2.73 on the Nasdaq on Thursday.
(Reporting by Devika Krishna Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by
Saumyadeb Chakrabarty and Don Sebastian)
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