The biggest story coming out of the 2013 holiday shopping season wasn’t a wildly popular toy, new model of smartphone or even the crush of shoppers on Black Friday. The biggest story was the major credit card data breach that occurred at some of the most popular retailers in the United States. The highest profile example involves Target, and individuals who shopped at U.S. Target stores between November 27 and December 15 had their credit and debit card information stolen – approximately 40 million card numbers in all. Additional data breaches at Nieman Marcus and other retailers resulted in millions...

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