http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9246786/CIO_not_the_only_one_to_blame_for_Target_breach
By Jaikumar Vijayan
Computerworld
March 5, 2014
That someone had to take the fall for the massive breach at Target is
neither surprising nor unexpected. The only question is whether more heads
will roll in the aftermath of one the biggest data compromises in retail
history.
Target on Wednesday announced that Beth Jacob, its CIO of more than five
years, had resigned. The move comes less than two months after the retail
giant disclosed it had suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive data
on more than 40 million credit and debit cards.
Later, the company announced that emails, addresses and other information
on another 70 million people might also have been exposed as the result of
the intrusion, which occurred over the 2013 Thanksgiving weekend.
In a statement to the Associated Press, Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel said
the company is searching for an interim CIO to help it through an
information security overhaul that began after the breach.
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