Target confirms it was the victim of a massive security breach. The breach affects 40 million customers who shopped in actual brick-and-mortar Target stores between November 27 and December 15. By the time all of the dust settles, theres a good chance this will rank as one of the most massive breaches of customer data to date. Cybercriminals know that people are so busy shopping that the pool of victims is substantially larger because consumers arent monitoring their spending and credit card statements during the holidays.”]