BOSTON, MA – APRIL 11: The exterior of the Roche Bros. store in Downtown Crossing in Boston is pictured on April 11, 2018. The Roche Bros. Market in Downtown Crossing is so inviting with its wide selection of groceries and prepared foods that customers frequently wait in long lines to check out. But Ken Leeser and others have discovered they can often save time by taking the escalator upstairs and paying there, in the part of the store devoted to take-out food. The trouble is that by doing so they pay a 7 percent tax on items that, under the law, are simply not taxable. It creates a windfall for the state, which, not surprisingly, is responsible for perpetuating it. (Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Credit card skimmers were recently discoverd at nine area Roche Bros. Supermarkets in the Greater Boston area, the company said.
Roche Bros. said in a press release Tuesday that their security teams found skimmers at checkout terminals at eight of their stores on April 24, including Wellesley, Watertown, Bridgewater, Westwood, Natick, Downtown Crossing, Sudbury and Needham. Two additional skimmers were discovered the following morning, April 25, at their West Roxbury store.
The first skimmer was found at the Wellesley store on April 24, and in response, the company notified all of its stores about the potential threat, which led to the further discoveries. They said the credit card skimmers were found within minutes of their placement.
To date, Roche Bros. said they have not received any reports that customer data was compromised.
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"We are immensely proud of the vigilance and dedication demonstrated by our store teams in safeguarding our customers' payment data," CEO Kevin Barner said in a statement. "The implementation of daily security inspections played a pivotal role in swiftly identifying the credit card skimmer in Wellesley. Additionally, our proactive protocols, including the immediate dissemination of information to all stores, enabled the swift detection of skimming devices across multiple locations on the same day."
No further details were released.
