Exclusive: More well-known U.S. retailers victims of cyber attacks - sources

Reuters ^ | 1/12/2014 | Jim Finkle and Mark Hosenball

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Reuters) - Target Corp and Neiman Marcus are not the only U.S. retailers whose networks were breached over the holiday shopping season last year, according to sources familiar with attacks on other merchants that have yet to be publicly disclosed.

Smaller breaches on at least three other well-known U.S. retailers took place and were conducted using similar techniques as the one on Target, according to the people familiar with the attacks. Those breaches have yet to come to light. Also, similar breaches may have occurred earlier last year.

The sources said that they involved retailers with outlets in malls, but declined to elaborate. They also said that while they suspect the perpetrators may be the same as those who launched the Target attack, they cannot be sure because they are still trying to find the culprits behind all of the security breaches.

Law enforcement sources have said they suspect the ring leaders are from Eastern Europe, which is where most big cyber crime cases have been hatched over the past decade.

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Anything can be hacked; I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more. Humans are the lead vulnerable point.

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Glad my medical records are now available to everyone on the internet!

I had a need to go to the Minute Clinic at CVS to check on a potential sinus infection over the Thanksgiving weekend and found out that all the nurse practitioner needed to do was type in my name, birth date and driver's license and what popped up on her screen was my entire medical history for all my health, prescription, XRay, and blood test information!

I don't recall giving anyone permission to put my records out there on the 'net! What about the HIPA crap, a doctor or lab cannot tell my husband the cause or result of a visit or test, yet a total stranger at CVS (or anyone else, for that matter) has complete access to it????