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Consumers need to be aware right now, paying very close attention to their statements. >> credit card numbers and other personal information, e-mail addresses, phone numbers of up to 110 million target customers has already been potentially compromised. targets now alerting people that the cyber attack stole much more than p.i.n. numbers -- names, mailing addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses also compromised. >> so, this is a lot bigger, touching a lot more people than anyone realized. we ...

The software infests systems allowing the hackers to manipulate the mall wear from outside. its using new technology that makes it undetectible by all security software. >> its unknown and 1 that they havent seen before. >> who are the tackers? there clues. part is written in russian. the "wall street journal" cites an unnamed u.s. official who said the details suggest the attack may have ties to organized crime from the former so f soviet union. in a new e-mail to customers, they said the cyber...

Chip and that is very hard to detect. they also want pin numbers on the cards so those are two things that they are pushing. >> chips and pin numbers. >> chips and pin numbers. that is the big solution. >> these stories have been in the news for several weeks. do we think it will have any measurable effect on the bottom lines for these companies? >> it already has on target. target has noticed a decrease in sales and they cut their profit outlook and even though sales recovered in the last week,...

We dont know. originally we thant credit card and debit numbers, pin numbers, expiration dates. now thats expanded to include your personal information. the information were talking about is your name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail addresses, and the reason why that can be crucial is that people could use that information to then contact you and kind of dupe you in to thinking that they know more about you than they should. >> all the ingredients of identity fraud. >> absolutely. >> ...

Eric holder said those couples will enjoy the same benefits as any other couple. that decision comes two days after utah announced it would not recognize the marriages while appealing the case. but the president is on holders side. >> president welcomes the attorney generals determination that the federal government, for purposes of federal law, will recognize the same-sex marriages that were lawfully performed in utah before a stay was issued. for more, i would point to you the what the attorne...

Some of them get five weeks of vacation asix months off. now lets take a look at some of the other stories coming into the situation room. more trouble for target this holiday season. some customers are having trouble using their target gift cards in stores. target says the cards will be honored. this comes avatar get revealed its what the victim of a massive credit card hack affecting 40 million customers and their pin numbers. warring sides in south sudan say theyve agreed to peace talks. ...

Were compromised. alexandra field is live with the hatest from target and the customers. >> reporter: theyre admitting this is a bigger breach than initially reported initially we knew card numbers and names had been taken now we know p.i.n. numbers had been taken. target has said the data was scrambled and it will be difficult to decipher. theyre reassuring customers that that information is protected. it reads, the p.i.n. information was fully encrypted at the keypad, remained encrypted within...

Fully incrypted at the key pad. the company insists it would be unlikely that hackers would be able to unscramble data but some experts remain concerned. >> the inkrims itself is great standard. data inscription standard. which definitely allows it to be protected. but unfortunately the problem with pin numbers is there are four characters. only about 10,000 different combinations can you do in order to get it. all together, it is not going to hold up because hackers can do what is called brute ...

Destruction. every time government gets involved in manipulating prices, whether its in ethanol, in housing, whether its in student loans, wealth destruction always follows. weve seen that with interest rates in the tune of trillions over the last five, six years. what the net result will be hard to predict. >> is there a lesson to be learned at the end of the year when we see that, for example, 40 million customers who are holiday shopping at target have their credit information taken, their pi...

They are heavily encrypted and impossible to decode. alexander field is live for us now in new york. so, is that the case, very difficult to, i guess, decode? >> reporter: well, fred, target is telling shoppers they believe that the information is safe, secure and protected, but some security experts are saying its possible that that information might not be. there are sophisticated hackers out there right now trying access those p.i.n. numbers, so really no reason for shoppers to wait and find ...