The Target Store Data Breaches: Examination and Insight

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Marianna Hardy (Editor)

Series: Defense, Security and Strategies
BISAC: BUS057000

In November and December of 2013, cyber-criminals breached the data security of Target, one of the largest U.S. retail chains, stealing the personal and financial information of millions of customers. On December 19, 2013, Target confirmed that some 40 million credit and debit card account numbers had been stolen. On January 10, 2014, Target announced that personal information, including the names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of up to 70 million customers, was also stolen during the data breach. A report by the Senate Committee on Commerce in March 2014 concluded that Target missed opportunities to prevent the data breach.

This book answers some frequently asked questions about the Target breach, including what is known to have happened in the breach, and what costs may result. It also examines some of the broader issues common to data breaches, including how the payment system works, how cybersecurity costs are shared and allocated within the payment system, who bears the losses in such breaches more generally, what emerging cybersecurity technologies may help prevent them, and what role the government could play in encouraging their adoption. The book addresses policy issues discussed in congressional hearings and describes some of the legislation that Congress has introduced to deal with these issues. This book also presents an explanation of how the Target breach occurred, based on media reports and expert analyses that have been published since Target publicly acknowledged this breach. (Imprint: Nova)

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – The Target Data Breach: Frequently Asked Questions (pp. 1-40)
N. Eric Weiss and Rena S. Miller

Chapter 2 – A ―Kill Chain‖ Analysis of the 2013 Target Data Breach (pp. 41-60)
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

Chapter 3 – Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee. Hearing on ―Privacy in the Digital Age: Preventing Data Breaches and Combating Cybercrime (pp. 61-62)

Chapter 4 – Statement of Delara Derakhshani, Policy Counsel, Consumers Union. Hearing on ―Privacy in the Digital Age: Preventing Data Breaches and Combating Cybercrime (pp. 63-68)

Chapter 5 – Testimony of John Mulligan, Executive Vice President and CFO, Target Corporation. Hearing on ―Privacy in the Digital Age: Preventing Data Breaches and Combating Cybercrime (pp. 69-74)

Chapter 6 – Testimony of Michael R. Kingston, Senior Vice President and CIO, The Neiman Marcus Group. Hearing on ―Privacy in the Digital Age: Preventing Data Breaches and Combating Cybercrime (pp. 75-84)

Chapter 7 – Testimony of Fran Rosch, Senior Vice President, Security Products and Services, Endpoint and Mobility, Symantec Corporation. Hearing on ”Privacy in the Digital Age: Preventing Data Breaches and Combating Cybercrime” (pp. 85-96)

Chapter 8 – Statement of Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman, Federal Trade Commission. Hearing on ”Privacy in the Digital Age: Preventing Data Breaches and Combating Cybercrime” (pp. 97-106)

Chapter 9 – Testimony of William Noonan, Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigative Division, U.S. Secret Service. Hearing on ”Privacy in the Digital Age: Preventing Data Breaches and Combating Cybercrime” (pp. 107-120)

Chapter 10 – Statement of Mythili Raman, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice. Hearing on ”Privacy in the Digital Age: Preventing Data Breaches and Combating Cybercrime” (pp. 121-132)

Chapter 11 – Written Questions for the Record of Chairman Leahy for John J. Mulligan, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Target Corporation (pp. 133-136)

Index

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