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30.3.08
File Under: Malware cause of Hannaford breach.
It seems that malware, placed on servers at approximately 300 Hannaford stores, is to blame for the hijacking of credit and debit card information. Why didn't Hannaford's network admins notice the unaccounted for stream of date going out of their system?
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My first guess is that, like most companies - even tech companies - Hannaford operates under the assumption that as long as the network is up, everything is fine. A such, they probably don't have enough IT people to support their infrastructure (hardware replacement, configuration, etc.) as well as monitor their network traffic.
Just a guess. I would provide anecdotal evidence of this in other companies, but I suspect I'm contractually obligated not to.
That would be a safe suspicion.
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