Rite Aid Corp. (RADCQ) said Monday it is mailing letters to consumers who may have been affected by a hack involving personal information. The drugstore chain, which filed for bankruptcy last October, said an unknown third party impersonated an employee on June 6 to gain access to certain systems. "We detected the incident within 12 hours and immediately launched an investigation to terminate the unauthorized access, remediate affected systems and ascertain if any customer data was impacted," the company said. It also reported the incident to law enforcement, as well as federal and state regulators. The data accessed included purchase name, address, date of birth and driver's license number or other types of government ID that were presented at time of purchase between June 6, 2017 and July 30, 2018. But no social security numbers, financial or patient information was accessed, the company emphasized. The company is planning to implement heightened security measures to prevent future attacks.

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