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TJX Had No Security Whatsoever? "INCONCEIVABLE!"

For those who are interested, the evidence seems to point to wireless hacking, or "wardriving," as the cause of the massive TJ Maxx data breach . The TJX data encryption was nonexistent when transmitting payment data, enabling said enterprising cyber-thieves

Why Outsourcing Leads To Data Breaches, Part Deux

Techdirt has reported that ACS, the company responsible for losing data on 2.9 million people, apparently has a long and inglorious history of such mistakes: This company clearly has a problem with protecting personal information, but it doesn't appear