Customer data stolen from checkout-lane keypad

I've heard about a number of rigged ATM machines where crooks find new ways to steal card data but this new horror story from Shop & Stop stores is really outrageous. How in the world did they tamper with checkout keypads? It has been a few months since the "security experts" have been wheeled out and splashed into the media, telling us how there's really nothing to worry about, that stolen data is a problem with your uncle Bob and cousin Sue but hardly ever any one of the countless data leaks that have impacted over 100,000,000 Americans in just the last few years. Sure, uh huh. So the theft from TJ Maxx, Marshalls and now this are all just random losses that amount to nothing?

From my own IT discussions with banks not to mention conversations with friends working in the industry, I am aware of plenty of these stories, most of which never get published. When I hear the Shop & Stop team telling people that "it does not necessarily mean that the information was compromised" I only hear typical PR spin. Just because nothing has happened since yesterday does not mean that the problem does not exist.

Isn't it time someone decides to take this issues seriously? The businesses that are losing this data need to be accountable and customers should not be paying the price for corporate stupidity.