Walmart does something that I like?!

[thewayne]

I'm very glad for this, it shows that someone at corporate is doing a good and ethical job.

Walmart was hacked. It happened around the same time as the TJX and Dave & Busters hack, but there's no evidence that it was the same crew. Their infrastructure was penetrated and information about their point of sale system was compromised, but apparently it was caught early and no customer information was compromised. Because nothing was compromised, they did not publicize the hack, they just quietly sealed up their systems and became very vigilant about monitoring and PCI compliance.

How vigilant? They're required to undergo a PCI audit annually: Walmart does it twice a year.

I still don't like Walmart as a corporate entity because I believe that lowest possible prices and highest possible profit are ruinous to the world, but I gotta give 'em props for doing good on this issue.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/walmart-hack/

Comments

[silveradept]

They're doing good, I suspect, at least partially because there's a lot of business that could be lost if they're seen as an insecure company.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I would have thought the same thing but the TJX hack didn't hurt them nearly as much as it should have.

[silveradept]

Hrm. Perhaps because people have become cavalier about the idea that their sensitive data might be stolen (or already is, if you believe some of the worser government conspiracy theories.)?