TK Maxx shoppers at risk of fraud

SHOPPERS who bought cut-price designer clothes at any of the country’s eight TK Maxx stores are at risk of falling victim to fraudsters, it emerged yesterday.

In what is being billed as the biggest electronic “bank heist” ever, thieves have stolen the details of45.7 million credit and debit cards after hacking into the computer systems of the store’s owners in the US and Britain.

The British operation of TK Maxx owners TJX stores details of all card payments made at the chain’s 200 discount stores in Britain and Northern Ireland as well as the eight shops in the Republic.