How Target could have prevented the breach?

The massive breach that occurred around Thanksgiving last year could have been prevented by Target’s existing security personnel and advanced security software, an extensive investigative report from Bloomberg Businessweek reveals.

How companies handle data breaches?

The FTC advises businesses to take a three-pronged approach in responding to data breaches. The objectives are to: 1) secure the company’s systems, 2) fix the vulnerabilities that may have caused the breach in order to prevent further attacks, and 3) notify the appropriate parties. Secure physical areas.

Who was responsible for the Target data breach?

Cybersecurity experts have said the hacker, identified in court as “Profile 958,” is likely a Ukrainian named Andrey Hodirevski. Target is demanding restitution from Bondars; an amount has yet to be decided.

What are the factors that led to data loss cyber breach at Target?

From what is known about the Target breach, there were multiple factors that led to data loss: vendors were subject to phishing attacks, network segregation was lacking, point of sale systems were vulnerable to memory scraping malware and detection strategies employed by Target failed.

What was the vulnerability in the Target breach?

The vendor accessing Target’s systems was not using adequate anti-malware software, and their lack of segregation between networks led to the compromise of millions of customers’ information. We can conclude a few things from this: Target’s systems were not protected and thus were vulnerable to phishing attacks.