--- title: Target Will Reimburse Banks Nearly $40 Million for Data Breach Losses description: Target will pay nearly $40 million to reimburse banks for losses they sustained after the retailer's 2013 data breach. authors: - name: Martha C. White role: Writer url: https://money.com/author/martha-c-white/ education: BA, English, Princeton University at_money_since: 2015 articles: 350 covers: - Identity Theft - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Federal Reserve Rate Cuts - Health and Wellness - Housing - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology published: '2015-12-02T20:12:19.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T09:14:09.000Z' section: Identity Theft tags: - Data breach - identity theft - privacy - pubdesk - Target word_count: 200 canonical: https://money.com/target-hack-reimburses-banks/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![A shopper leaves a Target store in St Louis Park, Minnesota March 10, 2015.](https://img.money.com/2015/12/151203_em_targetbanks.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85) *A shopper leaves a Target store in St Louis Park, Minnesota March 10, 2015.* And you thought your credit card bills after the holidays were bad: Target is going to pay $39.4 million to reimburse banks for losses it sustained following the retailer's huge 2013 data breach, under the terms of a settlement in federal court. Banks lost money by reimbursing customers for fraudulent purchases and reissuing millions of credit and debit cards. The settlement still needs to get court approval, [Reuters reported](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/12/02/us-target-breach-settlement-idUSKBN0TL20Y20151202). ##### [![Best college education image](https://content.money.com/wp-content/themes/money2018/img/college-site-banner-01.png)](https://best-colleges.time.com/money/search-colleges/?xid=cm-mcpTop200Widget) The 2013 Target data breach, in which still-unknown hackers likely used malware installed on the stores' payment terminals to steal data, went on for weeks before being detected. Some 40 million customer card numbers were taken, and the personal information of up to 110 million shoppers was compromised. The size and scope of the attack accelerated the [shift to chip-and-PIN cards](https://time.com/4688/target-to-speed-up-smart-cards-after-security-breach/) — since the hackers stole information off the magnetic stripes of customer cards — and prompted widespread concerns about computer hacking and identity theft. This money is on top of the $10 million Target agreed in March to pay to consumers who lost money as a result of the data breach as [part of a proposed settlement](https://time.com/3750613/target-data-breach-lawsuit/) to a class-action lawsuit. **Read Next: How Amazon Is Beating Walmart and Target** ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/target-hack-reimburses-banks/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Identity Theft", "item": "https://money.com/identity-theft/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Data Breaches", "item": "https://money.com/data-breaches/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Target Will Reimburse Banks Nearly $40 Million for Data Breach Losses" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/target-hack-reimburses-banks/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/target-hack-reimburses-banks/", "name": "Target Will Reimburse Banks Nearly $40 Million for Data Breach Losses", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-12-02T20:12:19.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/target-hack-reimburses-banks/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/target-hack-reimburses-banks/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-16T09:14:09.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Target Will Reimburse Banks Nearly $40 Million for Data Breach Losses", "articleSection": "Identity Theft", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/12/151203_em_targetbanks.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85", "width": 1012, "height": 569, "caption": "151203_EM_TargetBanks" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martha C. 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