Three ranking Democratic lawmakers wrote Target's CEO seeking cybersecurity documents and whether the firm knew its POS terminals were infected with malware before the breach.

The three legislators, Henry Waxman (D-Calif), Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), noted that the House Committee on Energy and Commerce plans a hearing on the breach on Feb. 5, and said they requested the documents in advance of the hearing.

Waxman is the Ranking Member on the Commerce Committee, and DeGette and Schakowsky are the Ranking Members on its Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, respectively.

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