PBS NewsHour

U.S. consumers have no guarantees against credit card fraud

Clip: 12/19/2013 | 5m 44s

Retail giant Target announced that some 40 million credit and debit accounts were compromised when shoppers swiped their cards in stores from late November to mid-December. Steve Surdu of Mandiant joins Gwen Ifill to discuss how hackers may have committed the data theft and how companies attempt to protect customers.

Aired: 12/19/13

Rating: NR

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