TJMaxx Hacked- Customers Screwed
It doesn’t surprise me that a discount store also used discounted security to run their backend enterprise.
The company admits that their security was out of date in a long apologetic letter to customers.
From the Miami Herald here:
Marshalls, T.J. Maxx customer data is stolen
T.J. Maxx and Marshalls discount stores announced Wednesday its computer system was hacked late last year and customer information stolen.
Consumers who have shopped at stores in 2003 and between May and December of 2006 are urged to check their credit card statements and bank accounts for unauthorized charges.
The full extent of the theft is still unknown, but the hackers targeted the portion of the computer network containing customer data such as credit and debit card numbers and checking information, the company said.
In addition to T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, data collected from the company’s HomeGoods and A.J. Wright stores in the United States and Puerto Rico and Winners and HomeSense Stores in Canada may have also been stolen.
Although I criticize TJ Maxx for having shoddy security, I applaud them for hiring the best firms to help them in their recovery and monitoring. IBM and General Dynamics stepped in, charging top dollar, to upgrade their systems and provide a security re-design.
