If you saw my earlier post on credit and debit cards you know you need to have a to do list if your card is hacked. If you used a credit card, there are things to do quickly if you were victimized. Emily Jane Fox posted a list of four things to think about in CNNMoney:

http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/19/technology/security/target-credit-card/?iid=EL

These items need to be done as soon as possible not only to protect you from fraud in the past but to start additional protection going forward. Not acting not only emboldens the hackers, but can lead to full scale identity theft, which can take years and money to clean up.

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