Encryption Faulted in TJX Hacking

September 25th, 2007 in Technology / Other
Encryption Faulted in TJX Hacking (AP)

Frank Work, the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, speaks to reporters in Montreal, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007. Hackers stole millions of credit card numbers from discount retailer TJX Cos. by intercepting wireless transfers of customer information from two Miami-area Marshalls stores, according to an eight-month investigation by the Canadian government. Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart faulted TJX for failing to upgrade its data encryption system, and retaining years-old customer data that should have been quickly purged from TJX\'s data systems. (AP Photo/Graham Hughes, The Canadian Press)

(AP) -- Hackers stole millions of credit card numbers from discount retailer TJX Cos. by intercepting wireless transfers of customer information at two Miami-area Marshalls stores, according to an eight-month investigation by the Canadian government.

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