Target Confirms Point-Of-Sale Data Breach, Exposed 40M Credit Card Numbers (techcrunch.com)

Main discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6934248 (cbc.ca) (66 comments and counting)

Another discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6930258 (krebsonsecurity.com) (8 comments)

Other submissions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6935413 (boingboing.net)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6935142 (cnn.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6934595 (target.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6934535 (securityweek.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6934216 (wsj.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6934038 (rt.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6933163 (chicagotribune.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6932782 (usatoday.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6932186 (arstechnica.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6932141 (theverge.com)

Another reason for EMV compliance. The track data is stored on the magnetic stripe, which shouldn't even be stored on the machine, but it is for some reason.

Edit: Also, PCI Compliance - personal information should not be stored unencrypted when at rest or when being transferred.