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All right. we start with a frightening new development in the target credit card breach. target now says hackers did steal the p.i.n.s that you punch in when you use your debit card, but the retail giant says they are heavily encrypted and impossible to decode. alexandra field is live for us now in new york. so is that the case? does that, i guess, allay any fears? >> well, fredricka, that is the message from the retailer target wants the shoppers to feel that that information is safe and secure...

Been compromised. but some cyber security experts say it might be possible. this morning, the investigation into the one of the largest data breaches in u.s. history is the deepening and customers remain nervous. >> it makes me leery about going there. >> at first target had said up to 40 million of its customers debit and credit card numbers had been stolen around the start of the holiday shopping season. know they confirm encrypted personal identification numbers were also taken in the massive...

The retailer confirmed that some numbers were stolen as part of that massive cyber attack. but it says hackers cant crack the codes. according to the stores spokeswoman, the p.i.n. was encorrupted when it was stolen. im craig melvin. secretary of state john kerry is continuing his quest for middle east peace. he will return to jerusalem and the west bank new years day for talks between israeli and palestinian leaders. kerry has recently reignited talks from broke down in 2010. more than 95,0...

Revelations the irs was targeting conservative groups and that the justice department was seizing the phone records of journalis. plus the ongoing fallout from the attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. >> the fact is we have four dead americans. was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided theyd go kill americans? what difference at this point does it make? >> reporter: one of president obamas biggest policy goals, enacting stiffer gun laws in t...

Black friday and december 15th. if youre concerned about your account, experts say be vigilant. >> they should be talking to their bank. they should be looking for unusual transactions, any type of behavior they recognize as fraudulent, and contact the authorities and officials immediately. >> i know its a pain, but contact your bank, get a new card. they have monitor detection theyre putting in place, but as a peace of mind, change it so you dont have to deal with it. >> reporter: so target say...

Theyre not actually able to decrypt those pins. it is looking a little bit better for target and consumers. the pins were stolen, but its unlikely the thieves will be able to unscramble those pins. >> i dont know if im feeling that comforted if im one of the 40 million. if they were brilliant enough to grab it, acquiesce it, are that means they might it be able to figure out how to encrypt those codes. thats what im thinking >> its interesting but target saying they dont actually store the encry...

So, you know, its really a good time to pick up things that you might not have gotten for christmas. >> brarksd you mentioned coupon codes. codes that you enter in when you are buying something. it seems like those are very difficult to track. is there an easy way to find coupon codes out there for different web sites? >> yeah. on a daily basis, 365 days a year at brads deals, we have 10 or 15,000 active coupon codes at any given time. that span 3 or 5,000 different stores. we literally have a p...

Hard on these guys. this is where we have all the workers for corcoran. our northern inmate population seems pretty active, were trying to combat that right now. these are really hard to find. >> theres codes of conduct, its like respect yourself and others. treat everyone equally. have a positive attitude, be well mannered. the last code of conduct is no fraternizing with the canine or enemy, which is us. >> these are handed over to the igi. its up to this elite group of officers to monitor gan...

Criminal hackers that understand the mechanics of how all of this works. often they will need somebody on the inside here to make something happen. in general they can function on the web from all over the world. >> watch those credit card statements and report any discrepancies immediately. >> when bad guys get access to this type of information, they know the clock is ticking and that that data eventually may be useless once it is discovered in the card numbers -- and the card numbers canceled...

Point of sale, carol. right when you go and actually swipe your card to check out is where likely this kind of activity happened. it was a large scale hack. it wasnt something that happened in one or two stores where they manually affected this point of sale. it was something that potentially happened with software. so on the back end these hackers were able to infiltrate and spread malicious lines of codes essentially throughout. thats where you see the widespread attack. i mean, its pretty -- ...