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Target Corp. said a system-wide outage that prevented customers from making purchases at its stores has been fixed.
The two-hour outage, which affected its registers, was caused by an internal technology problem, the retail chain said, without giving more details.
“Our technology team worked quickly to identify and fix the issue,†Target said in an emailed statement. “After an initial but thorough review, we can confirm that this was not a data breach or security-related issue.â€
Target’s reassurance followed a 2013 data breach that exposed payment card data of millions of the discount store company’s customers. A settlement won final approval in November 2016 in a federal district court in Minnesota, awarding $10 million to Target customers.