Target’s PCI compliance program may have significantly reduced the scope of the Target data breach, according to new research by security firm Aorato. Researchers catalogued all the tools the attackers used to compromise Target in an effort to create a step-by-step breakdown of how the attackers infiltrated the retailer, propagated within its network and seized credit card data from a Point of Sale (PoS) system not directly connected to the Internet. Many of the details of the breach remain obscured, but researcher Tal Be’ery says it is essential to understand how the attack happened.”]
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