Target Stores Suffer Nationwide Outage -- Update
June 15 2019 - 7:50PM
Dow Jones News
By Khadeeja Safdar
Shoppers at Target Corp. were unable to make purchases Saturday
at stores across the country, prompting long lines and
complaints.
Target said the outage was the result of an internal technology
issue that lasted approximately two hours. The retailer said
Saturday evening employees had worked to identify and fix the
problem.
"After an initial but thorough review, we can confirm that this
was not a data breach or security-related issue, and no guest
information was compromised at any time," a Target spokesman
said.
Earlier in the day, the company said it was aware that customers
were unable to make purchases at stores and that it was
troubleshooting the matter. Store employees had informed shoppers
of a problem with the company's checkout registers.
Many shoppers took to Twitter to complain of long lines and
confusion at stores. They used the hashtag #TargetDown and pointed
out the poor timing of the outage, coming the day before Father's
Day.
Write to Khadeeja Safdar at khadeeja.safdar@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 15, 2019 19:35 ET (23:35 GMT)
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