Target 2007 Attack Case Study

Target received red flags right before the actual attack. Due to common cyber crimes target was already aware of the threats that happen so they installed $1.6 million malware detection tool Fireeye. They also had a team of security specialists in Bangalore and Minneapolis who monitor its computers around the clock. Fire eye did its job and notified them on multiple occasions about the incident that’s going to happen; unfortunately security team appears to have made wrong call. "Based on their interpretation and evaluation of that activity, the team determined that it did not warrant immediate follow up," said Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder via email.
Target had all the measures to fight against such incidents. For example fireeye was designed