Protect yourself if you were a victim of the Target data breach

If you are one of the millions of customers that shopped at Target after Thanksgiving, you already are aware that your credit card information could be at risk.  Criminals have the names, card numbers, expiration dates and security codes of shoppers who used their credit and debit cards to pay for purchases at Target.  In order to protect your finances you should first check your credit card and bank statements for fraud and immediately report any signs of fraud to your financial institution and the Federal Trade Commission.

For more that you can do to protect yourself read, “5 things you can do to protect yourself after Target data breach.”