http://storefrontbacktalk.com/securityfraud/target-admits-it-was-breached/ Techniques, Tools and Tirades about Retail Technology and E-Commerce Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:02:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://storefrontbacktalk.com/securityfraud/target-admits-it-was-breached/comment-page-1/#comment-64322 Steve Sommers Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:34:34 +0000 http://www.storefrontbacktalk.com/?p=4507#comment-64322 The question I ask myself is "What did they do differently to stay under the radar and out of the press?" While they state "only a tiny fraction of guest credit and debit card data" were compromised, they process a lot of transactions and a "tiny fraction" could easily be thousands of cards. I know I've seen headlines about breaches with fewer than a thousand cards compromised so I go back to my question, what did they do differently? The question I ask myself is “What did they do differently to stay under the radar and out of the press?” While they state “only a tiny fraction of guest credit and debit card data” were compromised, they process a lot of transactions and a “tiny fraction” could easily be thousands of cards. I know I’ve seen headlines about breaches with fewer than a thousand cards compromised so I go back to my question, what did they do differently?

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