Target Settles Attorneys General Data Breach Investigation For $18.5 Million

(May 24, 2017, 12:06 PM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton on May 23 announced that Target Corp. has agreed to an $18.5 million settlement of a suit in Texas state related to an investigation by a group of state AGs into the retailer’s massive 2013 data breach incident, with Paxton calling the settlement amount “the largest related to a data breach achieved by a multistate group” to date (In the Matter of State of Texas and Target, No. D-1-GN-17-002263, Texas Dist., Travis Co.)....