Cost of Data Breach: $20 Million for 1 settlement with 1 credit card company

Target’s holiday 2013 data breach continues to breed lawsuits and settlements. Target recently settled with Mastercard for $20 million. 

The $20 million will go to financial institutions to:

  • covers costs that banks incurred to reissue credit cards and debit cards
  • Cover the cost of fraud that resulted from the exposure of customer information

Fortune