This deserves a bit of context, as many U.S. and Canadian members may either be affected or have family and friends who may be: Nationwide retail giant Target

This deserves a bit of context, as many U.S. and Canadian members may either be affected or have family and friends who may be: Nationwide retail giant Target is investigating a data breach potentially involving millions of customer credit and debit card records, multiple reliable sources tell KrebsOnSecurity. The sources said the breach appears to have begun on or around Black Friday 2013 — by far the busiest shopping day the year. According to sources at two different top 10 credit card issuers, the breach extends to nearly all Target locations nationwide, and involves the theft of data stored on the magnetic stripe of cards used at the stores...