Assignment: Financial Hacking

Security is always an issue when it comes to any type of software, especially, when customers' financial information is at stake. Over the past few years, there have been an increasing number of instances where companies, such as Target, have become victims to hackers seeking customers' financial information.

In this assignment, you will look at the issue of security surrounding customers' financial information and how hackers are able to obtain this information.

Tasks:

Conduct an Internet search of an instance of the issue of security surrounding customers' financial information.

Discuss how the hackers were able to obtain the information and what the company's response has been to the event.

Submission Details:

By Week 2, Day 3, in a minimum of 250 words, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Week 2, Day 7, review and comment on at least two of your peers' responses. Consider the following in your response:

Provide a statement of clarification or a point of view with rationale.
Challenge a point of discussion or draw a relationship between two or more points of the discussion.
Discussion Grading Criteria and Rubric