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TJX Waging Legal Battle To Keep Security Details Secret

Evan Schuman writes on eWeek:

The TJX data breach has been a veritable data dynamo of details that, if carefully pieced together, say virtually nothing.

But those details have typically hinted at a wide range of security problems, including weak firewall protection, encryption irregularities, wireless problems and a Trojan horse that may have been planted.

After months of motions and arguments, filings have begun for the argument that frightens TJX the most: Whether U.S. District Court Judge William Young will order that TJX reveal publicly exactly how it believes the breaches occurred and why they happened.

In hearings in a Boston court the week of Oct. 22, attorneys representing banks that are suing TJX specifically asked Young for permission to make public reports that TJX had prepared detailing the mishaps. TJX is aggressively fighting such efforts.

posted by Fergie @ 10/25/2007 01:39:00 PM