Was Target Asleep at the Wheel During the Credit Card Data Breach?

Trout Payment Systems 3.13.2014 - Anyone who has a car alarm installed knows that sometimes the slightest thing can set it off. My favorite is when some kid rolls by in his dropped Impala with a trunk full of sub woofers and deafening blast of base that leaves a wake of blasted ear drums and alarm sirens ringing that people ignore.

I don't know if there were false alarms that desensitized the staff at Target to the warning systems but according to Bloomberg, they may have been asleep at the wheel.

"The story they tell is of an alert system, installed to protect the bond between retailer and customer, that worked beautifully. But then, Target stood by as 40 million credit card numbers—and 70 million addresses, phone numbers, and other pieces of personal information—gushed out of its mainframes."

via Bloomberg

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