A Target breach in 2013 affected more than 41 million payment card accounts and exposed contact information for more than 60 million customers. For as many as two-thirds of those affected, the exposed data could include mailing addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and passport numbers. It isn’t common for passport numbers to be part of a hack, but it is not unheard of. Passport numbers are often requested by hotels outside the U.S. because U.S. driver’s licenses are not accepted there as identification. “It is past time we enact data security laws that ensure companies account for security costs rather than making their consumers shoulder the burden and harms resulting from these lapses,” Warner said in a statement.

Source: National Post November 30, 2018 12:13 UTC