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TJX whistleblower fired

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A TJX employee, who claimed the company had not pulled its socks up after a recent, massive data breach that saw 94 million credit card numbers copied by criminals and money from their accounts stolen, has been fired.

The employee said on a Web group that security was a major problem at the company. At first, usernames were the same as their passwords. After they required stronger passwords, some managers complained, so they 'compromised' by allowing blank passwords.

The whistleblower tried to warn managers, but apparently it was like talking to a brick wall. However, for all its poor internal security, TJX has a firm that scours the Internet to find bad things posted about them. The whistleblower has been fired.

According to Slashdot, they have not yet hired anyone to beef up operational security or to convince people to use strong passwords.

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Last modified on 28 May 2008
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