Having denied that customer PINs were impacted in the breach, officials with Target have now confirmed that phishing communications have begun making the rounds.
An undisclosed number of individuals may have had personal information compromised after a secured California Employment Development Department facility was broken into and computers were stolen.
Hundreds of thousands of gamblers who used credit and debit cards at casinos owned by Affinity Gaming may have had their accounts compromised in a potentially months-long attack on the company's payment systems.
The FBI reportedly sent out warning notices on Christmas Eve that the Syrian Electronic Army was phishing for usernames and passwords, which the group denied on Twitter.
Retail giant Target has yet to announce exactly how attackers compromised its point-of-sale devices, but researchers and security experts have already begun weighing in on the implications of such a colossal breach.
The state of Washington's Department of Social and Health Services' Economic Services Administration (ESA) is notifying up to 7,000 clients that their personal information may have been compromised.
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