Security News > 2021 > May > Herff Jones credit card breach impacts college students across the US
Graduating students from several universities in the U.S. have been reporting fraudulent transactions after using payment cards at popular cap and gown maker Herff Jones.
Herff Jones was completely unaware of the breach until students started to complain on social media about their fraudulent charges to their payment cards.
The common denominator was that they were graduating students that had purchased commencement gear at Herff Jones.
One senior at Cornell University stated that they had to cancel their credit card because it had been stolen and fraudsters tried to charge $3,000 to "Asics" and used it on adult content subscription service OnlyFans.
It is unclear when the breach at Herff Jones occurred but some of the earliest transactions date from the beginning of the month.
On May 12th, Herff Jones issued a statement acknowledging the payment card data breach and apologizing for the incident.
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