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Kelly wallace's page on cnn living. this is cnn breaking news. we have some better news to pass along to you about target and that massive hacking scandal that went down a couple of weeks ago. alison kosik is in new york. this involves the pin data. >> right. so what's been happening now is reuters has been reporting possibly in addition to the 40 million credit cards and debit cards that were possibly put at risk because of this hacking at target that righters is also reporting that possibly pin numbers could have been at risk as well but target just coming out with this statement now say...

New developments in that massive security breach that compromised the credit and debit card information of 40 million, that's right, 40 million target customers. today, the company is giving new details about the investigation and cnn business correspondent zain asher is here to catch us up on that. what's going on? >> well, there was a reuters report that the hackers who compromised those 40 million debit and credit cards may have actually gotten access to people's pin numbers as well. now, target for their part has come out denying this. they sent us a statement today saying, i'm quoting, th...

As well. it is so difficult to figure out the corporate spin, what is true and not true. but if these hackers did actually get access to people's pins, it means they can go directly to an atm and go directly straight to people's bank accounts. they can check the balance on people's accounts and use that to figure out how much money they can use without anyone noticing. my advice to people is simple. if you shopped at target between november, it is crucial you check your statements. sometimes the hackers will test the waters and buy something very small. but if you're not sure the best thing to...

Those that are using regular credit cards don't necessarily have e-mail contact. so i am wondering where the ceo is on giving out this information. more importantly, what policies did they have in place to secure the data, were they followed and if they weren't followed, that's where people like senator blumenthal has called upon the commissioner of the ftc to not only investigate but to hold target liable for any of the costs. if they were found to not take reasonable steps to protect it. >> let's talk about what target is saying. i'm going to know the answer to your question about whether we...