Are Cyberhackers Getting Smarter? Recent Home Depot Security Breach Suggests They Are
When Target's point-of-sale system was hacked during the winter holidays last year, resulting in approximately 40 million customer credit card and debit card numbers being compromised, the chain store suffered from scathing articles and customer feedback reports for months. Consumers were furious that the store could allow such a huge security breach to occur, and that company executives could let so much time pass between the initial breach and their official confirmation of the breach, thereby allowing the hackers more time to use the stolen information.
The backlash from Target's POS security woes was sure to make national retailers re-examine their own security measures, American consumers had assumed.
But chain stores continue to fall victim to dedicated hackers, and The Home De...









