No Bay Area locations of Staples were affected by the breach, according to a list provided by the retailer. While 16 locations in California were listed, the only one outside of Southern California was in Eureka The Framingham, Massachusetts-based company is offering free identity protection services — including credit monitoring, identity theft insurance a free credit report — to customers who might be at risk. The security breach affected different stores at different times between July and September. Staples said that it has also received reports of fraudulent card use tied to four of its New York stores between April and September. While it found no evidence of malware at those stores, it is also offering the protection services to customers there as well. A number of retailers have suffered security breaches in recent memory. During last year's holiday shopping season, Target Corp. disclosed that it was hit with an attack that exposed details of as many as 40 million credit and debit card accounts.