Target: Names, Emails, Phone Numbers on Up To 70 Million Customers Stolen
Summary: Target disclosed that a breach discovered in December 2013 exposed the names, mailing addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of up to 70 million individuals, separate from the roughly 40 million customer debit and credit card records it had already acknowledged as stolen. Target said the data is largely partial, has not disclosed how attackers broke in, and has not said whether Social Security numbers collected from Red Card applicants were compromised.
What you should know: The 70 million figure sits alongside 40 million stolen card records, and Target still has not explained the intrusion - a silence Krebs reports has unsettled security teams at other retailers. Target is offering a year of free credit monitoring through Experian's ProtectMyID while declining to address whether Red Card Social Security numbers were taken.
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