{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"OTAVA","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.otava.com","title":"Target Data Breach: Roughly 40 Million Credit and Debit Card Accounts May Have Been Impacted","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wQotJfizrY\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/target-data-breach-roughly-40-million-credit-and-debit-card-accounts-may-have-been-impacted\/\">Target Data Breach: Roughly 40 Million Credit and Debit Card Accounts May Have Been Impacted<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/target-data-breach-roughly-40-million-credit-and-debit-card-accounts-may-have-been-impacted\/embed\/#?secret=wQotJfizrY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Target Data Breach: Roughly 40 Million Credit and Debit Card Accounts May Have Been Impacted&#8221; &#8212; OTAVA\" data-secret=\"wQotJfizrY\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Retail giant Target became the target of a data breach that potentially involved 40 million customer credit and debit card records. The retailer isn\u2019t saying how the breach happened, but Avivah Litan, a security analyst with Gartner Research, has a strong opinion. She told The Associated Press that given the millions of dollars Target spends on security each year, she believes the breach may have been an \u201cinside job.\u201d Various mainstream media sources reported the story late Wednesday after the Secret Service confirmed it was investigating the breach. Security researcher Brian Krebs broke the story days earlier, accurately reporting Target was investigating a breach that started at brick-and-mortar stores on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, and continued through Dec. 15. Online orders were not affected. Krebs reported that thieves gained access to data on the magnetic strips of shoppers&#8217; cards, potentially allowing them to produce counterfeit versions. If thieves had been able to intercept PIN data, they could potentially withdraw cash from ATMs using counterfeit debit cards. In a release from Target this morning confirming the breach, PIN data was not among the list of information compromised. The company reports data involved in the incident include..."}