This is Bad News, seeing as Target is also tracking every thing you've ever purchased[0] and using it for marketing purposes. I wonder if they also got ahold of not just credit cards and PII, but also purchase history.<p>I wonder why they're not using this information to contact their "guests" directly? Why should I need to read about this revelation on HN, when they know everything about me.<p>[0] <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/target-knows-you-re-pregnant" rel="nofollow">http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/target-knows-you-re-pregnan...</a>
I'm intrigued that reports on the event still fail to mention any technical details, where and how it happened. I remember reading speculation that the breach was actually in a third-party transaction processor within the financial system, which would be even worse...
> In other words, you may be at risk from this exposure even if you've never bought anything from Target.<p>This is why we must push back against companies who not only want to "track everything" about their customers, but about their non-customers, too!
In the past I purchased a bottle of Nyquil at Target. They wouldn't complete the purchase without scanning my drivers license. I was not feeling well at the time, so I complied.<p>I'm curious if they stored the information from the magnetic strip on the license and, if so, was that information stolen as well? Also, if they did, is it legal for them to do so.<p>I haven't even heard anyone from the news even bring this up, but I think it would be much more serious than the cc data.