http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/20/5230986/stolen-target-customer-data-is-flooding-the-black-marketour data is not safe anywhere, so I guess it's best not to let anyone keep it.
http://www.abine.com/blog/2013/target-data-breach/With Target already reeling from a massive hack that left up to 40 million credit and debit cards compromised, The New York Times now reports that all that data has been pouring into the black market since the break-in. With the breach taking place between Black Friday and December 15th, criminals on hundreds of illicit card-selling markets have likely had access to consumer information for weeks to date.
Security experts, including security blogger Brian Krebs, say that criminals sell stolen credit cards in bulk, with individual cards going for as little as a quarter or as high as $100 depending on the credit limit. With that kind of access, they can then burn the information onto counterfeit cards or use them to purchase gift cards that siphon off the victim's account.
