In mid-March, BJ’s Wholesale Club announced it was investigating a security breach that involved theft of credit card information from its computer network. Company officials ordered an exhaustive review of the retail outlet’s state-of-the-industry technology systems with a leading computer security firm. Following that review, BJ’s ruled out the likelihood of a centralized security compromise and implemented several measures at its club-level systems to eliminate possible avenues by which credit card information could be accessed.
Hacker Safe: The Security of Online Commerce
Posted by: Jack M. Germain April 29, 2004 05:37 AMIn mid-March, BJ’s Wholesale Club announced it was investigating a security breach that involved theft of credit card information from its computer network. Company officials ordered an exhaustive review of the retail outlet’s state-of-the-industry technology systems with a leading computer security firm. Following that review, BJ’s ruled out the likelihood of a centralized security compromise and implemented several measures at its club-level systems to eliminate possible avenues by which credit card information could be accessed.