Nationwide arts and crafts chain Michaels Stores Inc. said today that two separate, eight-month-long security breaches at its stores last year may have exposed as many as 3 million customer credit and debit cards.
In the wake of one data breach after another, millions of Americans each year are offered credit monitoring services that promise to shield them from identity thieves. Although these services can help true victims step out from beneath the shadow of ID theft, the sad truth is that most services offer little in the way of real preventative protection against the fastest-growing crime in America.
