TJX, the company that is known for having the largest data breach in history (so far), has not implemented better security and might have gotten worse. The employee that blew the whistle on them has been caught and fired for it.

TJX now has a firm that scours the internet to find bad things posted about them, which is how they found the message and fired him for it. Too bad they don't appear to have hired anyone to beef up operational security or to convince people to use strong passwords.

Hey! That probably means they'll find THIS page. Sweet.

If that's the case, then here's my message to them: Stop storing all that personal data about us against our will and you won't have to pay for more security. You can't lose what you don't have, duh!

Tags: Careful What You Post, Data Abuse, Kill the Messenger, TJX, Wireless Security

TJX, the company that is known for having the largest data breach in history (so far), has not implemented better security and might have gotten worse. The employee that blew the whistle on them has been caught and fired for it.

TJX now has a firm that scours the internet to find bad things posted about them, which is how they found the message and fired him for it. Too bad they don't appear to have hired anyone to beef up operational security or to convince people to use strong passwords.

Hey! That probably means they'll find THIS page. Sweet. If that's the case, then here's my message to them: Stop storing all that personal data about us against our will and you won't have to pay for more security. You can't lose what you don't have, duh! Tags: TJX

TJX has settled under charges that they had insufficient computer security protecting their systems, but the only thing TJX must do under the settlement is upgrade their security. Woo.

And this:

“By now, the message should be clear: companies that collect sensitive consumer information have a responsibility to keep it secure,” said FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras. “Information security is a priority for the FTC, as it should be for every business in America.”

Tags: Data Abuse, FTC, TJX

TJX has settled under charges that they had insufficient computer security protecting their systems, but the only thing TJX must do under the settlement is upgrade their security. Woo. And this:

"By now, the message should be clear: companies that collect sensitive consumer information have a responsibility to keep it secure," said FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras. "Information security is a priority for the FTC, as it should be for every business in America."

B.S.. Here's a clear message for you Chairwoman Platt Majoras, those words coming out of your mouth are nothing but hipocrasy. Tags: Data Abuse, TJX

Remember that TJX, the idiot company responsible for the biggest data breach in history, managed (somehow) to have part of their punishment include having to put their products on sale (oh, curses!)? Well, some Attorney Generals aren't satisfied with that. It's nice to know that someone in a position of authority is actually paying attention. Tags: Data Abuse, Identity Theft, TJX

If you’ve been following this breach, the key problem here is two part:

1) TJX is the parent company of several other companies including TJ Maxx. Each of those companies shared data with TJX creating a massive database (and a single target for the hackers).

2) TJX (and others) shouldn’t have stored the credit card data in the first place and when they did, they should have used better security.

Though they’ll blame “clever hackers” for the breach, the fault instead lies squarely with TJX who’s business practice of storing credit cards against people’s will along with negligent use of outdated wireless encryption (WEP) first created a giant target and then then left a gaping hole for the bad guys to be able to go and get it.

Tags: Data Abuse, Identity Theft, Negligence, TJ Maxx, TJX, WEP, Wireless Security