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Stolen, this he don't necessarily believe the hackers will be able to unscramble that data. i've been speaking to a professional what's known as a white hat hacker who, would with corporations to help their encryption systems. i asked him, should consumers worried? these hackers got away with the pin data albeit scrambled. should people be worried? he's saying to me the hackers in this case would actually have to hack into the payment processor in order to be able to unscramble the data. he says it's possible but it would take highly sophisticated hackers to be able to do that. he's saying it ...

Hi there, i'm brianna keilar in washington. wolf blitzer is off today. we'll be starting with more fall out from the target hacking scandal and an admission from the retailer. target now says debit card pin numbers were stolen during that data breach. our zain asher joining me now from the new york stock exchange. she has been following the story for days now. this is a bit of an about face. >> hi, it does look like it. target now coming out saying that pin data was stolen but they are emphasizing the pin dat data was encrypted and don't believe they can unscramble the pin data. target told us...

Asher at the new york stock exchange. just yesterday, we were reporting that target was saying, oh, not to worry. your pin was not stolen. now we have the complete opposite that we're telling folks today. what the heck is going on? >> hi, kyra. you know, target basically is in full-scale damage control mode right now. they're sort of walking this tightrope between having to tell the public the truth and trying to prevent a full-scale panic. yes, they're now coming out and saying pin data was in fact compromised but it was encrypted and they don't believe these hackers will be able to unscrambl...

Compromised during a massive hacking of credit and dfltebit d information. 30 million customers had their data stolen between november 27th and december 15th. the minneapolis based chain says it's been working around the clock to address customer concerns. alison kosik has more for you from new york. if this is true, it could be good news for customers. >> it could be good news or if reuters is correct, it could be bad news. despite what the pr team is saying, reuters is saying that hackers were successful at collecting pin data. because the data breach is under investigation, they spoke anony...

A chance to contemplate the future with renewed happiness and hope. >> her image city has be majest delivering a christmas mess sj since 1962. they have paid money for illegal practices. it includes 16 million in fines plus 59 million in refunds to customers. the refunds and penalties relate to add on products such as credit monitoring and payment protection. they violated federal laws by misleading consumers about the benefits of the add-on products. target is denying reports the recent data breech included stolen pins. cyber security experts say mal wear infected the swipe machines at stor...