Target victim of major credit card breach

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3. CBS: "nearly all of Target's 1,797 stores in the United States"

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/target-customers-hit-in-major-credit-card-security-breach/

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Krebs on Security, a closely watched security industry blog that broke the news, said the breach involved nearly all of Target's 1,797 stores in the United States, citing sources at two credit card issuers. The report said that "track data" from at least 1 million payment cards was thought to have been stolen before Target uncovered the operation, but that the number could be significantly higher.

"When all is said and done, this one will put its mark up there with some of the largest retail breaches to date," the report cited an unnamed source as saying.

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The data breach at Target could have extended from just after Thanksgiving to December 15, Krebs said, citing evidence from investigators.

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