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Big Companies Suffer Data Breaches

Originally posted: October 1, 2014 by Kitty Lusby. Leave a comment
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Sicherheit

Home Depot’s crushing data breach this September has put billion dollar corporations on their toes.  Beginning in April of this year, the malware known as Mozart–a corporation specific computer contaminate–went on a 5 month infiltration of Home Depot’s cybersecurity system. Experts project over 56 million customers were affected. That’s over 15 million more than last December’s Target hacking.

Home Depot isn’t the only store to be recently hacked. Albertson’s and its associate sister stores suffered a virtual break-in between June and July of this year. An estimated 700 stores were affected. When big companies like these get robbed by hackers, consumers become worried of their credit card safety. We wonder how billion dollar corporations can suffer data breaches.

Ignoring the signs

Home Depot had at least two malware threats in the last 10 months. The two incidents were both malware viruses that attempted to attack in-store registers, but it was unclear if they were successful. In February, FishNet conducted a comprehensive cybersecurity scan and urged Home Depot to upgrade their defense system. Home Depot opted against it. Company software technicians also warned supervisors of the possibility of a more threatening security breach, but they too were ignored.

To save a nickel or to protect millions?

Home Depot’s former security supervisor Jeff Mitchell took the brunt of the data-breach controversy due to his penny-pinching management. While FishNet identified Home Depot’s “C-level” security system as inefficient for their large company, Mitchell refused upgrades because he reasoned it would be too expensive. With his reasoning, Mitchell risked the financial security of Home Depot’s customers in order to save on his end. As a result, Home Depot prepares to dish back over $60 million in customer claims due to the Mozart hacking.

These hackings gives every business reason to boost their cybersecurity systems. How is your business protected from hackers?

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Published: October 1, 2014
Updated: August 28, 2021
Headline: Big Companies Suffer Data Breaches
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2 responses to “Big Companies Suffer Data Breaches”

  1. Bruce Bruce says:
    October 3, 2014 at 12:03 pm

    Kenny: this is an interesting topic and I don’t mean to sound too conspiratory, but what are the chances that someone like FishNet (or someone that FishNet hired) actually created the problem so that FishNet (or someone like FishNet) would make ba-zillions of dollars fighting a problem that someone like Home Depo or its insurance company is NOW willing to pay.

    Just think: Mission Impossible II; the only reason Bellerophon (the cure for Chimera) was suddenly going to be worth billions of dollars as a drug is because the same company was planning to introduce the Chimera virus into the public, so that the demand for Bellerophon was created.

    Though, I don’t think this whole Home Depot thing is going to become a movie, the same plot is sure potentially there.

    Maybe Apple creates its battery-eating ISO 8.0 so that the 4 and 5 guys now have to buy a 6, just to . . . oh, don’t get me started.

    Just sayin’.

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    • Kenny Eliason Kenny Eliason says:
      October 3, 2014 at 12:04 pm

      Ha! Love it. I can definitely follow that thought process for sure…

      Reply

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Kitty discovered her talent and passion in middle school, when she began an illicit business selling "romantic" short stories to her preteen classmates. Eventually, the school board expressed its extreme disapproval, so she moved on to more academic writing pursuits; she did older students' essay assignments for money. As an adult, Kitty has found that content marketing and copywriting are perfect for legitimately exercising those writing skills. In early 2014, she moved to the Las Vegas area on a whim after enjoying a taco during a cross-country road trip, and fell passionately in love with the city, its downtown culture, and its abundance of 24 hour taco restaurants.
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