Operation Get Rich Or Die Tryin Case Study

Operation Get Rich or Die Tryin' is just one example in a sea of inadequate security measures that is far too common in today corporations. The fact that TJX failed not only to notice the breach, but also to implement basic security measures is concerning enough. However, this inevitably leads us to ask if such a large corporation had this level of neglect, how pervasive is the lack of security in the industry? To answer the question, all we need to do is take a look at last couple of years in the news. We can see from a quick Google search that we've had hacks on Experian, Yahoo (in which I was personally affected), Sony and Uber, just to name a few. These are companies with which we are all familiar. and with vast amounts of capitol at their disposal. Yet somehow they still failed in their responsibility to safeguard some of our most
In fact they were found to be deficient in 9 of the 12 requirements (Case Study: Operation Get Rich or Die Tryin’, n.d). In an analysis of the data breach by Mounica Vennamaneni, they found company was not just negligent in regards to PCI. There were multiple areas of failure, including, the employees level of awareness, the encryption used and even their logging procedures (Mounica Vennamaneni, 2016). Each of these failures is a lesson that, with any luck, TJX and others have taken to heart and taken steps to rectify.

Hacks of this nature do not just have an affect on the targets. Customers also bear some of the burden. Not all of the impacts will be clearly defined or immediately obvious. While credit card companies may reimburse a customer for their stolen money, they do not have the ability to pay for the time the customer spends trying to get their money back, the confidence lost in the security practices of corporations, and most importantly, the emotional impact of dealing with the