Target says up to 40 million at risk after data breach

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%.

    Share Story:

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE


COMMUNICATING IN A CRISIS
Deborah Ritchie speaks to Chief Inspector Tracy Mortimer of the Specialist Operations Planning Unit in Greater Manchester Police's Civil Contingencies and Resilience Unit; Inspector Darren Spurgeon, AtHoc lead at Greater Manchester Police; and Chris Ullah, Solutions Expert at BlackBerry AtHoc, and himself a former Police Superintendent. For more information click here

Modelling and measuring transition and physical risks
CIR's editor, Deborah Ritchie speaks with Giorgio Baldasarri, global head of the Analytical Innovation & Development Group at S&P Global Market Intelligence; and James McMahon, CEO of The Climate Service, a S&P Global company. April 2023