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Target store hacks could have been avoided.

posted by Dopefish on Saturday February 15 2014, @03:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the credit-card-theft-is-too-easy dept.

Gaaark writes:

"Unfortunately, this article is paywalled, but, according to the Wall Street Journal, 'Target security staff raised concerns about vulnerabilities in the retailer's payment card system at least two months before hackers stole 40 million credit and debit card numbers from its servers,' people familiar with the matter said.

To me, if your security staff are worrying about something THIS important, someone should be listening!"

[Ed. Note] For those looking for an alternate source to this news, which not behind a paywall, see this post by ABC News 10.

 
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  • (Score: 1) by stroucki on Monday February 17 2014, @01:59AM

    by stroucki (108) on Monday February 17 2014, @01:59AM (#428)

    Holy Berlin Wall of Text!