[AccessD] OT Friday but not funny

Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Fri Mar 30 16:07:20 CDT 2007


From: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070330/news_1b30tjx.html
 
TJX data breach now called world's largest
45.7 million cards were compromised
 
You can read the details yourself but this snip stood out:
 
The TJX case would "probably serve as a case study for computer security and
business students for years to come," said Beth Givens, director of the San
Diego-based Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. "This one could be considered a
worst-case scenario." 

One reason, Givens said, is because of TJX's disclosure late Wednesday that
it believed the hacker or hackers "had access to the decryption tool for the
encryption software utilized by TJX." 

Rocky

 

 




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