Staples Reports Hack Attack Hit More Than 1 Million Customers

SAN FRANCISCO ( TheStreet) --  Staples  announced Friday that cyber thieves may have compromised the credit cards of 1.16 million of its customers, a disclosure that comes on the eve of the last shopping weekend before Christmas. Whether the timing of this news puts a dent in customers' shopping behavior at such a critical time has yet to be seen. Back in October, Staples acknowledged it was investigating a potential malicious security breach of its cash registers. But at the time it didn't re...