follow-up: TJX's Projected Breach Costs Increase to $216M

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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2216942,00.asp

By Evan Schuman
eWeek.com
November 14, 2007

Court filings have estimated that the data from some 96 million credit 
cards was accessed during the incidents.

In a footnote in its Nov. 13 earnings announcement, TJX increased its 
estimate of pre-tax charges for the world's worst credit card data breach 
to $216 million. Back in August, it had projected only a $168 million 
pre-tax hit.

The data breach consisted of extensive cyber-thief activity within TJX's 
network from 2003 through June 2004 and then again from mid-May 2006 
through mid-December 2006, TJX said. Court filings have estimated that the 
data from some 96 million credit cards was accessed during the incidents.

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