[telecom] Target Missed Signs of a Data Breach

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Target Missed Signs of a Data Breach

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS and NICOLE PERLROTH MARCH 13, 2014

Target acknowledged on Thursday that its computer security system had alerted it to suspicious activity after hackers infiltrated its network last year, but the company ultimately decided to ignore it, allowing what would become one of the largest data breaches ever recorded to proceed without a hitch.

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