Target also said it didn’t believe that PIN numbers to customers’ debit cards have been compromised. The data breach did not affect online purchases, the company said. It also said Friday there was no indication that the stolen data included a customer’s birth date or social security number. There was no indication the three- or four-digit security numbers visible on the back of the card were affected, Target said.
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On Friday, Target reiterated that the stolen data included customer names, credit and debit card numbers, card expiration dates and the embedded code on the magnetic strip found on the backs of cards, Target said. “I won’t shop at Target again until the people behind this theft are caught or the reasons for the breach are identified and fixed,” he said. He canceled his credit card and plans to use cash. Both occurred on Sunday and both were denied. On Monday, Browning received a call from his bank’s anti-fraud unit saying there were two attempts to use his credit card in California - one at a casino in Tracy for $8,000 and the other at a casino in Pacheco, for $3,000. He said he hasn’t been able to get through to Target’s call center. When he called Visa on Thursday, the card issuer could not confirm his suspicions. The retailer’s data-security troubles and its ensuing public relations nightmare threaten to drive off holiday shoppers during the company’s busiest time of year.Ĭhristopher Browning, of Chesterfield, Va., said he was the victim of credit card fraud earlier this week and believes it was tied to a purchase he made at Target with his Visa card on Black Friday. Target disclosed the theft a day after reports that the company was investigating a breach. That incident affected at least 45.7 million card users. history, exceeded only by a scam that began in 2005 involving retailer TJX Cos. The theft is the second-largest credit card breach in U.S. Target’s statements come after the nation’s second-largest retailer acknowledged Thursday that data connected to about 40 million credit and debit card accounts was stolen as part of a breach that began over the Thanksgiving weekend. “We take this crime seriously,” Steinhafel said in the statement.
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