Target Data Breach
Target Data Breach
Charles Moore
American Military University
Abstract
Target a large retail corporation that operates over 1,700 stores across the United States. They also operate as an online retailer at target.com. In 2012 the retailer earned more than $73 billion dollars in revenue and grew their sales by 5.1% from the previous year. Looking at the revenue and sales growth rate it is hard to fathom that more money could not be spent to ensure that consumer data is protected as much as possible. As information security specialists one of the worst things that can happen is our network gets infiltrated and customer information is stolen. On December 19, 2013 Target released a statement stating that they have had an information security breach and suggested that as much as 70 million credit card information had been stolen.
Target Data Breach
Target a large retail corporation that operates over 1,700 stores across the United States. They also operate as an online retailer at target.com. In 2012 the retailer earned more than $73 billion dollars in revenue and grew their sales by 5.1% from the previous year (“Corporate overview,” 2013). Looking at the revenue and sales growth rate it is hard to fathom that more money could not be spent to ensure that consumer data is protected as much as possible. As information security specialists one of the worst things that can happen is our network gets infiltrated and customer information is stolen. On December 19, 2013 Target released a statement stating that they have had an information security breach and suggested that as much as 70 million credit card information had been stolen (Jarvis & Milletary, 2014).
The Attach
After a thorough investigation by federal law enforcement it had been determined that hackers were able to infiltrate the network and place malware on several pieces of the companies Point of Sale (POS) systems. The attackers were meticulous and thought through their attack, attempting to
Charles Moore
American Military University
Abstract
Target a large retail corporation that operates over 1,700 stores across the United States. They also operate as an online retailer at target.com. In 2012 the retailer earned more than $73 billion dollars in revenue and grew their sales by 5.1% from the previous year. Looking at the revenue and sales growth rate it is hard to fathom that more money could not be spent to ensure that consumer data is protected as much as possible. As information security specialists one of the worst things that can happen is our network gets infiltrated and customer information is stolen. On December 19, 2013 Target released a statement stating that they have had an information security breach and suggested that as much as 70 million credit card information had been stolen.
Target Data Breach
Target a large retail corporation that operates over 1,700 stores across the United States. They also operate as an online retailer at target.com. In 2012 the retailer earned more than $73 billion dollars in revenue and grew their sales by 5.1% from the previous year (“Corporate overview,” 2013). Looking at the revenue and sales growth rate it is hard to fathom that more money could not be spent to ensure that consumer data is protected as much as possible. As information security specialists one of the worst things that can happen is our network gets infiltrated and customer information is stolen. On December 19, 2013 Target released a statement stating that they have had an information security breach and suggested that as much as 70 million credit card information had been stolen (Jarvis & Milletary, 2014).
The Attach
After a thorough investigation by federal law enforcement it had been determined that hackers were able to infiltrate the network and place malware on several pieces of the companies Point of Sale (POS) systems. The attackers were meticulous and thought through their attack, attempting to
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