I can’t believe people are still using their credit and debit cards in stores. If it’s too big a purchase for cash, use a check or a bank money order.
HUH? I thought someone was reporting some 17 yr old punk was responsible. Now it’s eastern europeans? I’m confused. I don’t think THEY got my debit card. Somebody did and I caught it within a day because I check my financial stuff daily. (my sister says I’m anal.) Had to get yet another new card.
Is target liable for losses at this point? Or, are they going to wait until they lose a lawsuit?
I have stopped going to Target for awhile until this mess clears. I only made one purchase at Target during the infected known timespan. So far, nothing from my credit card company.
Where is Target’s IT department? In Bangalore? Likely half of it is there.
One thing for sure, I never use the PIN option with a debit card.
Thanks for posting this. It’s a nice bit of background on a fraud challenge which will be with Target for some time.
I would bet that the cause is not just in the code. As always, it is a systemic cause, organization of the department in charge, whether affirmative action, or butt kissing environment, or hurry up and roll it out, we’ll fix it later, we’ve got a deadline, organizations get corrupt just like governments get corrupt.
not unlike Obamacare!
Obamacare is reportedly LESS SECURE than this
Good thing there are far fewer people at the obamacare website
Target needs to start Chapter 11 now.They did not perform their Due Diligence on IT security.
Target hired IT rookies and used Microsoft servers.
The hackers were not genius as they were using microsoft
Visual Basic Scripting phishing the Target network for months.
“Those cards will continue to have value for quite a while. These cards will still be available for purchase a year from now.”
Which is why EVERYONE whose card was stolen should have IMMEDIATELY cancelled their accounts and obtained new cards with new account numbers, despite the BS from Target and others that “monitoring” your bill for a couple of years was all that was necessary.
BS and four wetawds to write this drivel.
Inside job period.
Easy access...
Yeah, that’s what they want you to think. Do folks think the Department of Defense and other government sites hit by Wikileaks were easy targets?
Sorry, but I don’t think Target was an easy touch. There are people out there who are very crafty, and can break these systems.
Frankly, I think it would be a hoot if someone were to wait until the NSA states it doesn’t do something, and then release information taken from them that shows they do in fact do it.