Senate Report on Target’s 2013 Data Breach.

30 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Consumer Law, Government

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beSpacific Blog., Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Consumer Information, Credit Cards, Cyber Attacks, Data Breach, Data Security, Debit Cards, Sabrina I. Pacifici, Target

Senate Staff Report Details Target’s Missed Opportunities to Stop Massive Data Breach, by Sabrina I. Pacifici, beSpacific Blog

http://tinyurl.com/qekhb7t

‘Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV released a staff report titled, “A ‘Kill Chain’ Analysis of the 2013 Target Data Breach.’ The report details how Target possibly failed to take advantage of several opportunities to prevent the massive data breach in 2013 when cyber criminals stole the financial and personal information of as many as 110 million consumers. Rockefeller will formally introduce the report tomorrow when he chairs his third full Committee hearing on data security. The hearing, titled, ‘Protecting Personal Consumer Information from Cyber Attacks and Data Breaches’, explored the dangers to consumers posed by recent data breaches. The Chairman highlight[ed] legislation he recently introduced, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act, that would – for the first time – establish strong, federal consumer data security and breach notification standards.’

Target Update: Affected Customers Now 110 Million and May Still Go Up.

11 Saturday Jan 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Consumer Law

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Credit Cards, Data Breach, Debit Cards, Emails, Hacking, Identity Theft, Katrina Lamansky, Target, Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel, WQAD.com

Target: Hacking Hit Up To 110 Million Customers, by Katrina Lamansky, WQAD.com

http://tinyurl.com/pssy2r5

People who shopped at Target following Thanksgiving have already heard that their personal information was hacked. But now it is clear that Target was actually hacked much earlier than originally reported.

This morning, the reported number of customers affected was around 40 million. Now the reported number is 100 million, and Target is not sure how high the number will go.

Target will try to contact all affected customers. Be cautious. Contacts from Target will not request any personal information. Target is also offering a program of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection. You will have three months to enroll in that program.

Target says that it does not think the thieves can access anyone’s bank account, but hacked customers are at risk for identity theft. -CCE