Secret Service investigating credit- and debit-card data theft from Target stores

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The U.S. Secret Service says it is investigating a credit- and debit-card data theft at Target stores.

Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary confirms the agency is investigating, but declined to provide further details.

Minneapolis-based Target Corp. did not respond to requests for comment.

A MasterCard representative referred questions to Target.

Target has 1,797 stores in the U.S. and 124 in Canada.

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