Hacking claim against Target raises possibility of 8.6 GB data leak
Attackers claimed to have obtained 8.6 GB of data from Target, raising the possibility of a data leak. They are the same attackers who earlier claimed breaches of Spotify and OpenAI, and whether Target was actually breached has not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Target
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- Attackers claimed to have obtained 8.6 GB of Target's data.
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