In 2009, Heartland Payment Systems suffered what was until recently the largest data breach in recorded history, at the hands of a skilled and malevolent hacker. After the attack, the company went on the offensive, implementing numerous protocols to safeguard against a future attack. And hey, lightening doesn’t strike twice, right?
The unfortunate thing about this incident is that Heartland, ever since its 2009 breach, dedicated quite a bit of effort into making sure its name wasn’t in the news again associated with a data breach. The lesson here is, while endeavoring to detect and respond to sophisticated attacks from advanced persistent threats, don’t forget the fundamentals of security.
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