Target Corp on May 23 agreed to pay US$18.5mil (RM79.51mil) to settle claims by 47 states and the District of Columbia and resolve a multi-state investigation into the retailer's massive data breach in late 2013.
The investigation – led by the Attorneys General of Connecticut and Illinois – found that cyber attackers had accessed Target's gateway server through credentials stolen from a third-party vendor, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement on May 23.
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