Episode 582 • • 2:01:24 - 2:06:48
582: Eradicate Misery
Target Data Breach, Cyber Legislation, Retail Liability
The Target data breach is now estimated to have affected 110 million customers, including names and physical addresses. This event, along with a similar hack at Neiman Marcus, is being used to push the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act and updates to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Proposed legislation would make it a felony for retailers to fail to report data breaches and could impose criminal penalties for "conspiracy to commit hacking."