The following case study is based on a company called Target, which experienced a security breach in 2013 (Aguilar, 2014). Hackers penetrated the Target’s system through their web server (Aguilar, 2014). The hack exposed 40 million credit card and debit card details such as CCV numbers, credit card numbers, etc. as a result, employees lost their jobs, and board members were threatened with retrenchment (Aguilar, 2014). After that 140 lawsuits followed (Aguilar, 2014). These were people who claimed that the organization did not properly protect their confidential information and that although the breach had occurred, the company did not make any means to inform them (Aguilar, 2014).
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