Just an FYI for those who shop at these stores. I don't have one in my area.

"Jewel-Osco computers, containing customer credit and debit card information, have been affected by an "unlawful intrusion," the grocery store chain's corporate parent said Friday..

AB Acquisition said it had not determined whether any cardholder data was in fact stolen. However, “there’s no evidence that any data has been misused,” said spokeswoman Christine Wilcox.

The company sought to reassure shoppers by offering 12 months of free data protection through AllClear ID but consumers who called a toll-free number were getting disconnected, Wilcox said Friday afternoon. The company was working to establish a new toll-free number but consumers would not be able to sign up for the monitoring until Wednesday or Thursday, she said.

In the interim, Jewel-Osco has put a security update with questions and answers on its web site.

“We understand the inconvenience and concern an incident like this can cause, and we deeply regret that our customers’ data was targeted," said Mark Bates, chief information officer at AB Acquisition."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/b...0815-story.html