C|net: Why we still invite data breaches

29 October 2007

by Dan Sarel, VP Product, Sentrigo Inc.


After a massive security compromise at TJX earlier in the year (still the largest on record), some hoped it might signal the end of large-scale data breaches. That turned out to be not the case. Breaches later were reported at Disney, Western Union, Fidelity Information Services, Monster.com and TD Ameritrade. Millions of personal identifiable information records were pilfered, and then used to facilitate spamming, malicious software and spyware distribution, credit card fraud, and identity theft.

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