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TJX Earnings Suggest that Data Security Doesnt Worry Consumers
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Worthen TJX today reported increased sales for its fiscal 2009 first quarter, a sign that the public just doesn't care about data breaches. Security concerns haven't stopped people from shopping In January 2007, TJX revealed that its computer systems had been accessed by hackers and the credit- and debit-card numbers belonging to tens of millions of customers had been stolen. Over the course of the year, the number of stolen account numbers swelled to more than 90 million and the company became known in security circles as the iconic example of a data breach. Shoppers, however, don't seem to care.
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TJX Earnings Suggest that Data Security Doesn’t Worry Consumers
http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/2008/05/tjx-earnings-suggest-th...Ben Worthen writes in The Wall Street Journal: TJX today reported increased sales for its fiscal 2009 first quarter, a sign that the public just doesn’t care about data breaches. In January 2007, TJX revealed that its computer systems had been accessed by hackers and the credit- and debit-card numbers belonging to tens of millions of customers had been stolen. Over the course of the year, the number of stolen account numbers swelled to more than 90 million and the company became known in security circles as the iconic example of a data breach. More here. Hat-tip: Pogo Was Right
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TJX Earnings Suggest that Data Security Doesn?t Worry Consumers
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20080514133055...Ben Worthen is singing my tune -- DissentTJX today reported increased sales for its fiscal 2009 first quarter, a sign that the public just doesn’t care about data breaches. ... For those of us who care about tech security – admittedly a smaller group than those who care about cheap clothes – the results are disheartening. And they raise two questions: 1) Why don’t customers avoid businesses that mishandle their personal data? 2) Why should businesses care about protecting customer information if the public doesn’t care? Source - WSJ Blog Reddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us
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TJX Earnings Suggest that Data Security Doesn’t Worry Consumers
http://www.gaelcommunity.com/blogs/infosecuritynews/archive/...TJX Earnings Suggest that Data Security Doesn’t Worry Consumers Posted May 13 2008, 11:47 PM by CyberWatcher Newsfeed - Info Security Compliance News Filed under: Wall Street Journal
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