Cybersecurity

Target Fixes System-Wide Register Glitch, Says No Data Breach

  • Outage hitting registers at discount retailer lasted two hours
  • Thwarted customers tweeted images of abandoned shopping carts

Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg

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Target Corp. said a system-wide outage that prevented customers from making purchases at its stores on Saturday 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.