If you have a Target Card

[notfancy]

Eek http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2013/12/target_hit_by_massive_theft_of.html

[maximiliano]

Those who shopped at target between Nov. 29 and Dec. 15 watch your accounts....many stores were affected!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-target-data-breach-20131218,0,3718384.story

EDIT: unfortunately it looks like it's not just those who used target CCs, it's any CC

[Skye12329]

Hey this might be the wrong forum, but was reading the news and came across this, so i thought i would spread the word. This is not just Target cards btw its any card used on their machines between Black Friday - Dec. 15th

http://news.msn.com/us/target-customers-hit-by-major-credit-card-attack

[p-]

In the news:  40m Target accounts potentially breached.  

http://wtop.com/628/3527975/Target-40M-accounts-may-be-involved-in-breach

[Surlaw]

Have a look at the comments. Lots of people patting themselves on the back for being such smart, dedicated cash users. 

"I use cash all the time, this will never happen to me"

"But if someone steals your cash, you can never get it back. With CCs  you can dispute fraudulent charges. You don't have to pay them."

Mod cut for inappropriate, judgmental comment.

Can't tell them anything.

[DaniBananiie]

The crazy thing is you can't log into your account to see if you've had any charges! I've tried the customer service number, and it's busy. Lol

[p-]

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@Surlaw wrote:

Have a look at the comments. Lots of people patting themselves on the back for being such smart, dedicated cash users. 

"I use cash all the time, this will never happen to me"

"But if someone steals your cash, you can never get it back. With CCs  you can dispute fraudulent charges. You don't have to pay them."

"You people are dumb and irresponsible for using credit cards."

Can't tell them anything.

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Yeah...  The sad thing is most of them are not cash only by choice.  It's interesting how far people will go to convince themselves and others that their mistakes and limitations don't matter.  Good luck mortgaging a house with a cash only existence.

I like the protections from credit cards so much that I haven't swiped my bank card in years.  Why risk my money when they are willing to risk theirs for me?

[OneDay_750]

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Target confirms massive data breach

http://usat.ly/JJEEDu

[Darrell82]

 I heard about all that stuff this morning on the news. Target will be feeling that pain on that one because i am sure they lost a lot of customers since that has came out... Stocks will def take a hit on this.

[myjourney]

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@Surlaw wrote:

Have a look at the comments. Lots of people patting themselves on the back for being such smart, dedicated cash users. 

"I use cash all the time, this will never happen to me"

"But if someone steals your cash, you can never get it back. With CCs  you can dispute fraudulent charges. You don't have to pay them."

Can't tell them anything.

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Surlaw I'll remind you that this is a friendly and supportive forum

Your comments are neither of this and I will have them edited 

Please honor the TOS in the future 

Thank you MJ