http://www.torontosun.com/2013/12/18...dit-card-fraud
I'm trying to find if our Target Canada credit card info is separated from the States.
the breach involved nearly all of Target's 1,797 stores in the United States
It is believed that the breach affected roughly 40,000 card devices at store registers, which could mean that millions of cardholders could be vulnerable, according to the people familiar with the incident. They also warned that details could change significantly as the investigation proceeds.
The discount chain has 1,797 stores in the U.S. and another 124 in Canada.
The apparent breach occurred during the period when Americans kick off their holiday shopping and store traffic is around its highest of the year. Retailers try to lure shoppers to stores on Black Friday with "door buster" deals and overnight hours that often draw big crowds. The breach may have gone into the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the people said.
The thieves gained access to data that is stored on the magnetic stripe on the back of the credit and debit cards, according to the people familiar with the breach. The stripe contains data that is valuable for making counterfeit cards, such as account numbers and expiration dates, but it wasn't immediately known which data was vulnerable.
Hackers typically aim to sell such information in bulk on the black market to people who use it to produce fake credit or debit cards. Crime rings can use the fake cards to buy gift cards from major retailers and convert them eventually into cash, according to investigators and former U.S. officials.
I'm trying to find if our Target Canada credit card info is separated from the States.
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the breach involved nearly all of Target's 1,797 stores in the United States
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It is believed that the breach affected roughly 40,000 card devices at store registers, which could mean that millions of cardholders could be vulnerable, according to the people familiar with the incident. They also warned that details could change significantly as the investigation proceeds.
The discount chain has 1,797 stores in the U.S. and another 124 in Canada.
The apparent breach occurred during the period when Americans kick off their holiday shopping and store traffic is around its highest of the year. Retailers try to lure shoppers to stores on Black Friday with "door buster" deals and overnight hours that often draw big crowds. The breach may have gone into the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the people said.
The thieves gained access to data that is stored on the magnetic stripe on the back of the credit and debit cards, according to the people familiar with the breach. The stripe contains data that is valuable for making counterfeit cards, such as account numbers and expiration dates, but it wasn't immediately known which data was vulnerable.
Hackers typically aim to sell such information in bulk on the black market to people who use it to produce fake credit or debit cards. Crime rings can use the fake cards to buy gift cards from major retailers and convert them eventually into cash, according to investigators and former U.S. officials.