http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/e...

This article explains the scope of the theft better. And there's a link to a target website set up to answer most questions

I understand it was during the holiday season. I think it started on black Friday. My folks were telling me they had to cancel a card because of it. Not sure if this ties in but a couple of days ago PNC Bank sent an e-mail that they had tried to access their online banking 3 times with the wrong password so they were locked out. They called and told them they didn't use online banking. The idiot they talked to said it must have been a mistake and said he would unlock it. They said NO we don't use it, someone else must be trying to access our account. This could get real bad.

Was the breach due to transactions in a given timeframe? Or was it database?