Reuters reports the breaches affecting Target and Neiman Marcus may have also hit other retailers who have not yet publicly disclosed the incidents. According to the report, at least three other “well-known” retailers were hit by cyber thieves using similar techniques found in the Target case. Law enforcement sources suspect the culprits may be based out of Eastern Europe. Reuters also reports state attorneys general from around the nation are investigating the Target incident, and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) says the problem needs to be addressed. A Los Angeles Times op-ed suggests companies leave consumer data vulnerable because stronger data protection costs money. Since January 1, breaches have hit a hospital system in southern Georgia, some customers of T-Mobile, China’s largest e-payment service provider and North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services. Editor's Note: The IAPP Web Conference Bricks and Mortar Is Back—Emerging Privacy Issues for U.S. Retailers, now available on demand, addresses privacy concerns including those around in-store data collection.
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