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The 2013 Target Data Breach: How One Email Took Down a Giant
Transcript In 2013 a single overlooked email resulted in a data breach at Target, stealing the data of up to one hundred and ten million customers. A simple attack — targeting not Target itself, but a small heating and air-conditioning company in Pennsylvania. An email so ordinary, nobody thought twice before opening it. Inside that message was malware — silent, patient, and designed to steal. And that single moment would become the doorway to one of the largest retail data b

Samuel Cork
Oct 28, 20254 min read
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