Target, Inc.

Resting in the shadow of America’s washers and dryers is an oft-overlooked category known as the small appliance market.

While a far cry from the kind of widespread data breach that struck Target Corp. last year, an employee-related data breach at Lowe's has spurred letters to possible victims who are advised to be aware of the breach.

The breach affected the company's current and former drivers, who may have had their personal information -- including social security numbers -- compromised when data was backed up unintentionally on a computer that was not secure and open to the Internet.