Target Confirms Point-Of-Sale Data Breach, Exposed 40M Credit Card Numbers
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Re: Target Confirms Point-Of-Sale Data Breach, Exposed 40M Credit Card Numbers
#2Main discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6934248 (cbc.ca) (66 comments and counting)
Another discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6930258 (krebsonsecurity.com) (8 comments)
Other submissions:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6935413 (boingboing.net)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6935142 (cnn.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6934595 (target.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6934535 (securityweek.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6934216 (wsj.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6934038 (rt.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6933163 (chicagotribune.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6932782 (usatoday.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6932186 (arstechnica.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6932141 (theverge.com)
Re: Target Confirms Point-Of-Sale Data Breach, Exposed 40M Credit Card Numbers
#3Another reason for EMV compliance. The track data is stored on the magnetic stripe, which shouldn't even be stored on the machine, but it is for some reason.
Edit: Also, PCI Compliance - personal information should not be stored unencrypted when at rest or when being transferred.