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Originally Posted by golfgal
They are now saying that home and email addresses were also compromised and upwards of 70 million people were affected vs the 40 million previously reported.
Which makes it the largest breach to ever happen, and Target had been, and still is, in denial about different things pertaining to this.
The big box retailer said that a probe into the hacking of customers' personal data found that stolen information—separate from payment information already reported—included names, mailing addresses, phone numbers or email addresses for tens of millions. The new figure was significantly higher than the 40 million the company initially reported.
Although Target previously stated the breach wouldn't compromise card holders' accounts, the dramatic rise in the number of people affected called that assumption into question.
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Experts say thieves may find a way to manipulate sensitive data to withdraw money from card holder accounts, or make other unauthorized transactions. In the wake of the mass theft, the retailer vigorously disputed reports that personal identification numbers (PINs) had been compromised.
If Krebs, or another media outlet, had not broken the story then Target would have happily let the pubic remain in the dark about this until after the holiday shopping season. Don't trust Target when they say something has not been compromised. I would suggest that people not only change their pysical debit or credit card, they should also change the pin numbers, and, change the log in info and password for their bank, for the credit or debit card that had been used. Even with doing that people should still keep an eye on their account(s) and credit reports.
Target will soon be coming out with free credit monitoring and ID theft protection for those who had used their credit/debit cards at Target during the breach period, and everyone who had used their cards at the store during that period should take full advantage of it. But they haven't set it up yet so don't bother calling customer service about it. It may be another week or longer before it's up and running. https://corporate.target.com/discove...ng-to-all-gues
Target now saying that up to 110 million are affected and possibly 2 attacks going after different information so you may be compromised even if you didn't use your credit/debit card...
i found out chase is re-issuing new cards but about 2 million cards have to be re-issued so it will take time.
"in the mean time Chase Bank customers are facing daily limits on their spending if they used a card at one of the many Target locations. According to the bank's website those who used their credit or debit cards to shop at Target between November 27th and December 15th will now have daily limits of $250 at ATM's and $1,000 for purchases"
Keep in mind that it only monitors Experian. If an ID thief tries to gain credit in your name and the company they try it with uses a different CRA, other than Experian, then it won't be caught by the free monitoring.
I signed up yesterday and had our kids do so as well as they used their debit cards during that time too
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