Signs of card data breach?

I am getting reports of some interesting unauthorized credit card transactions occurring in North Carolina. These are allegedly fraudulent 'card-present' transactions made at well-know retail establishments. The interesting part is that at least one of the affected people I spoke with is positive that they have the (only) card in their possession.

This tells me that it's likely related to a breach of stripe data, but I can't be sure yet. I wonder if we will be hearing about another breach soon?