I called my bank today. They told me to watch my activities carefully and report it stolen after the holidays, when I could go a week without it.
Target Hack Suggests Era of Big Data Breaches is Upon Us (via slashdot)
Target admitted in a Dec. 19 statement that cyber-criminals had access to credit- and debit-card information associated with 40 million customer accounts. “The unauthorized access may impact guests who made credit or debit card purchases in our U.…
Although I shop at Target, I haven’t during the time of concern . . . whew!
My friend who had a stroke last year had used his credit card at Target about a week and a half ago.
He called his card company today and (thinks) he was told what you were told: Watch and wait.
Yet, Krebsonsecurity says that debit cards are at risk, which could mean having saving and checking accounts raided. At least that’s what I gather.
Is that what we’re being told, but not by our card companies?
Anyway, it should be new card, new debit card, new PINs, new passowrd time, big time.
Right???