I don't think Target knows yet the total cost but their CTO/CIO can tell you it
meant her job. I think there are court cases being filed though.
Jon
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:01:40 -0400
> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: One of those dumb things...
> To: [email protected]
>
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> Mainly due to the legacy mainframes\"old systems" that are used by many
> >>> of these institutions.
> >>
> >> 'cause it's a technical impossibility to put a more modern
> >> front-end/gateway on a public-facing web interface.
> >
> > What's the cost of doing that?
>
> I have no idea. I work for a 120-person manufacturing company.
> You're always talking about how you work in the megacorp space.
> What's your guess?
>
> What's the cost of having security measures from the 1950s?
>
> What's the cost in loss of customer trust, after the breach?
>
> Maybe Target Corp can tell you the answer to the last one.
>
> -- Ben
>
>
