-- then win at jeopardy.
i'm here with sam grobart,
senior writer for bloomberg is
this week.
he will be with us all week
long.
great to have you on the show.
-- top story of
the day.
the fallout from the target
breach has gotten even bigger.
as many as one hundred 10
million customers may have been
affected.
credit card numbers, debit card
numbers, personal information
like phone numbers, e-mail
addresses stolen.
target is getting pretty long on
the details.
the ceo came out today.
click status correct.
-- >> that is correct.
make an announcement
today.
many are thinking it is a ram
scraper violation.
>> what is that?
>> generally speaking, the
transaction you make with your
credit or debit card at a store
is pretty secure, pretty well
encrypted.
however there is this one moment
when the data at the backend
server of the merchant is
unencrypted.
memory forn the ram