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By George Ou / ZDNet
When I blogged earlier this week about TJX‘s failure to secure their wireless LAN and how it may end up costing TJX a billion dollars, I knew that it was merely the tip of the iceberg with so many retailers still running WEP encryption. As if WEP wasn’t already broken enough, WEP is now about 20 times faster to crack than in mid-2005 when TJX’s WEP-based wireless LAN was broken and I knew from experience that most retailers were still running WEP. I decided to stroll through town and check on some of the largest retail stores in the country to see how they’re doing today. The reason I looked at the large retailers is because they’re the big juicy targets with millions of credit card transactions that the TJX hackers love. What I found was truly disturbing and I’m going to tell you what I found.
Lowes… Sears… J.C. Penney… Macy’s… Best Buy… PetSmart… Office Depot…
Most are doing poorly.
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Peter H. Gregory 