US retail giant Target has today said that data from about 40 million credit and debit cards may have been stolen from shoppers who made purchases from their US. stores from 27th November to 15th December 2013.
They said in a statement that the information involved in this incident included customer name, credit or debit card number, and the card’s expiration date and CVV (the three-digit security code).
Along with a digital forensics team, the retailer is currently conducting an investigation into exactly how the incident was able to happen.
Following the news, Reuters reported a fall in Target's share price of 3.2%.
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