In 2013, Target got hit by a data breach after the retailer's point-of-sale systems were compromised, exposing sensitive data such as PINs from millions of payment cards. After the incident was disclosed to the public, card issuers made a statement that they would shift to an EM...
and is putting all appropriate resources behind these efforts," the chain said in a statement. "Among other actions, Target is partnering with a leading third-party forensics firm to conduct a thorough investigation of the incident."
Target ChairmanGregg Steinhafelapologized for any inconvenience that the breach may have caused customers, and said he wanted customers to know that “understanding and sharing the facts related to this incident is important to me and the entire Target team.” Nevertheless, the company still has...
Target added that it is working with a third-party forensics firm to investigate the incident. Security experts raised eyebrows at the fact CVV codes were breached. Forrester analyst John Kindervag said: This is a breach that should've never happened. The fact that three-digit CVV security code...
Target must bring in a third-party assessor to provide a report on the company's mandated security efforts to the state attorneys general involved in settling this case. Prior to this data breach settlement with state governments, Target had settled two other lawsuits over the 2013 incid...
Between November 27th and December 15th, 2013, retail giant Target fell victim to a sophisticated hack that compromised data on tens of millions of its shoppers. Information on approximately 40 million credit and debit card accounts was stolen during the breach, and this sensitive financial data ...
2. The root cause of a security incident is rarely about the technology and almost always about the implementation. If you think these two observations are directed at you and you are either a security technology salesperson or non-technical manager running a technical function, you might be cor...
of personal information. According to Verizon's "2023 Data Breach Investigations Report," personal data was taken in more than 50% of 5,010 confirmed breaches that occurred from November 2021 through October 2022. Attackers made off with payment data in about 5% of the breaches,the report said...
2013 saw a big breach that exposed more than4 Million patient recordsfrom the Advocate Medical Group. The incident was blamed on the lack of strong encryption measures employed on four stolen computers, exposing their customer's names, addresses, dates of birth, and socia...
American Water discloses breach, utilities unaffected American Water says in its 8-K filing that it disconnected and deactivated certain systems in its incident response, though the nature of the cyberattack is unknown. Continue Reading By Alexander Culafi, Senior News Writer Tip 07 Oct 2024 ...