Target Denies That Customer PIN Data Stolen During Huge Security Breach [View all]
Source: ABC News
By AARON KATERSKY
This is no holiday at the corporate offices of Target Corp., which is still trying to contain the damage from a far-reaching data breach.
Target, based in Minneapolis, Minn., says it is working "around the clock" to address the concerns of its customers, 40 million of whom had their credit and debit card information exposed when hackers breached the retailers systems between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15. Though Target said the manner of the theft is still under investigation, some experts say malware infected the swipe machines at store registers and likely traveled into Target's payment processor.
In addition to names, account numbers and expiration dates, cybersecurity experts fear the hackers were able to steal encrypted PIN data, thought Target denies it.
"To date, there is no evidence that unencrypted PIN data has been compromised," Target said in a statement. "In addition, based on our communications with financial institutions, they have also seen no indications that any PIN data was compromised."
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