Target confirms massive data breach affecting 40M credit and debit cards

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If you’ve shopped at a Target store in the past few weeks, get ready to keep a close eye on your monthly payment card statements. Target confirmed today that hackers gained access to data from more than 40 million credit …

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Target says that its stores have been hit by a major credit-card attack involving up to 40 million accounts. Chief Executive Officer Greg Steinhafel confirmed Thursday morning earlier reports that a brazen data breach had taken place. In a statement, Steinhafel said: "Target is working closely with

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Efforts are on multiple fronts to soften blow of security breach. Days after one of the worst security breaches in retail history, Target Corp. is scrambling to prevent further damage to its corporate reputation and regain the trust of some investors and consumers. The nation’s No. 2 retailer was

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The fallout from the massive holiday Target data breach persists, as the retailer works feverishly to sort out exactly what happened and what to do about it. The 40 million or so customers who used cards at Target between November 27th and December 15th and had their data accessed by cybercrooks still need to be wary of any fraudulent activity,...

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A passerby walks near an entrance to a Target retail store in Watertown, Mass. Target on Friday said that customersâ encrypted PIN data was removed during the data breach that occurred earlier this month. But the company says it believes the PIN numbers are still safe because the information was

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