Posted on 12/27/2013 10:10:54 AM PST by John W
Target confirmed Friday that debit card PIN data was stolen in its recent massive breach, reversing its earlier stance that the codes were not part of the hack.
However, the retailer believes the PINs remain "safe and secure." In a statement, Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder said the PINs are "strongly encrypted" and were never stored on Target's systems in plain text.
In other words, from the moment a customer entered a PIN after swiping a debit card, Target's payment system translated that number into an indecipherable string of code. Target claims that the PINs remained encrypted after they were stolen.
Not only are the PINs encrypted, Target says the numbers can only be decrypted by the independent payment processor, which holds the decryption key. That key is necessary to translate the unintelligible code back into the PIN. Target said the key was not stolen as part of the breach, because it never existed within the company's systems.
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
[whew] Suddenly I feel better about Heathcare.gov, as it is nothing BUT indecipherable strings of code.
I use both, and have been doing so, since 1994.
Before that, I had a credit card, AMEX, and did close that out in 1988, and haven’t used a credit card, since.
“They pay me a penny for my dollar in the bank, but charge me 22 pennies to use one of their dollars they loan to me? there’s no profit in that, for me!”
““They pay me a penny for my dollar in the bank, but charge me 22 pennies to use one of their dollars they loan to me? there’s no profit in that, for me!”
True dat’ hehe
Does anyone know if this applies to all purchases at target ever or just recently ?
The discount retailer acknowledged late last week that the hack began on Black Friday and stretched more than two weeks to Dec. 15.
Strong encryption.
They probably added the first 4 digits of pi to each number.
Oh, sorry, wasn’t supposed to tell anyone...
Thanks
She ought to be sorry she waited till Christmas eve. What a fool.
Your a fool.
Target Admits Customer PIN Data Removed but Says It’s ‘Secure’
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/target-corp-admits-customer-pin-data-removed-maintains/story?id=21348261
they got more excuses than an Obamatron Obammy care lover.
Thanks, I see the apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
A large percentage of the PINs will be 1234, 9876, 1111, etc.
Your a fool and dumbest one in your family.
Ha!
:)
This whole thing smells. Seeing Democrats like that scum Menendez coming out to ask for an investigation does not sit right with me. I get the impression they want to be in charge of these stores because only the government can protect the citizens. Yeah right. Who are the democrats to speak on this issue considering the fact that Healthcare.org is a hackers dream?
Beware of these awful people. It is well known that Target has always supported lib causes.
Can anyone explain why retailers keep any credit/debit card info? Once I have paid for my items I see no reason for them to keep that information.
I think they can only keep the data for a limited time. I have not purchased anything there is years...
This should make the Occupy “movement” happy.
Thanks John W.
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