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Target Lowers Forecast, Estimates Breach Costs
NEW YORK (AP) — Target has lowered its second-quarter forecast citing the promotional discounts it had to use to attract shoppers. The Minneapolis-based retailer also said Tuesday it expects gross...
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Potential Data Breach Revealed By Supervalu
NEW YORK (AP) — A data breach at Supervalu may have impacted as many as 200 of its grocery and liquor stores and potentially affected retail chains recently sold by the company in two dozen states. The...
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Dairy Queen Confirms Potential Data Breach
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Edina-based Dairy Queen is the latest company hit by cyber criminals, as an undisclosed number of stores have reportedly been hit by a data breach. According to Brian Krebs, an...
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Target’s New CEO: ‘We Need To Be Cool Again’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Target is working to regain customer trust–and its signature style–after last year’s data theft nightmare. Target’s new CEO, Brian Cornell, the first from outside the company, took...
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Jimmy John’s Is The Latest To Be Hit With Data Breach
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Popular sandwich chain Jimmy John’s seems to be the latest victim of a national data breach involving customers’ credit and debit cards. According a press release posted on its...
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Supervalu: Hackers Stole Credit Card Data From Cub Foods
NEW YORK (AP/WCCO) — Card data of Supervalu and Albertsons shoppers may be at risk in another hack, the two supermarket companies said Monday. The companies said that in late August or early September,...
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Dairy Queen Says Data Breached At Stores
NEW YORK (AP) — Ice cream and fast food chain Dairy Queen is the latest retailer to reveal a hack of its customer data. The company said Thursday that hackers may have gained access to customer names,...
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Data Breach At Grand Casino Mille Lacs
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Grand Casino Mille Lacs says approximately 1,600 card transactions were accessed by an unauthorized person and used for fraudulent transactions. After finding out on Sept. 15,...
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A Year After Massive Target Data Breach, Still No Arrests
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It was this time last year when we first learned about a data breach at Target stores nationwide. Target said hackers stole the personal data of 70 million customers, along with...
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Federal Judge Allows Lawsuits Over Target Data Breach
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A federal judge has ruled that customers suing Target for last year’s data breach will be able to move forward with their claims. Target also reportedly faces lawsuits from banks...
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Metropolitan State University Investigates Possible Data Breach
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Metropolitan State University in St. Paul is investigating a data breach that may have involved employee’s Social Security numbers. The university said it recently learned that one...
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300,000 Minnesotans Reportedly Affected By Anthem Data Breach
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minnesota Department of Commerce says that health insurer Anthem, Inc. has reported that the social security numbers of more than 200,000 Minnesotans and the personal...
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Nurse Accused Of Illegally Accessing Patient Records
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A nurse with a history of narcotics theft illegally accessed a state database that contains prescription drug records for 1 million Minnesotans, all under the supervision of...
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Judge OKs $10 Million Settlement In Target Data Breach
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) – A Minnesota judge has endorsed a settlement in which Target Corp. will pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a massive data breach in 2013. About 100 million...
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Target Settles Data Breach Lawsuit With MasterCard For $19M
NEW YORK (AP) — Target and MasterCard say they’ve agreed to settle lawsuits over the discounter’s pre-Christmas 2013 massive data breach. Target said late Wednesday it has set aside up to $19 million...
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Target Reaches Deal To Settle Breach Claims With Visa
NEW YORK (AP) — Target has reached a deal to pay up to $67 million to settle Visa claims related to a massive 2013 data breach that resulted in the theft of millions of debit and credit card numbers....
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State Blames Web Portal For Driver’s License Data Breach
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota officials say driver’s license data on 18 residents was accessed after a password-protected portal was inadvertently opened online. The Department of Public Safety said...
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4 Things To Know: Rosa Parks, World AIDS Day, 4th Precinct Protests & More
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – From Minneapolis city leaders asking the 4th Precinct protesters to vacate to the anniversary of Rosa Parks’ refusal to get up from her seat, here are the top four stories for...
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Lawsuit Alleges MN Agency Data Breach Revealed Fraud Tipster’s Identity
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A tipster who alerted a Minnesota government agency to potential fraud involving unemployment benefits sued Thursday after her identity was mistakenly revealed to the man she...
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