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Target security breach lasted longer than previously thought

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Dissent

David Rothberg reports:

A Target Corp. official told a Senate committee that a massive security breach affecting up to 110 million holiday shoppers lasted three days longer than previously thought.

Chief Financial Officer John Mulligan disclosed the latest information in written testimony at a hearing Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is considering ways to protect consumers’ personal information.

The malicious software that enabled hackers to steal information from credit and debit cards from Nov. 27 to Dec. 15 was later found on 25 additional checkout machines and continued to collect shoppers’ information for three more days, Mulligan wrote.

Read more on Los Angeles Times.

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