Read the Target case study. Define terms such as threats, safeguards and targets. What type of threat(s) did Target face? Which specific techniques did the hackers use?

Target case study:

Target shoppers got an unwelcome holiday surprise in December 2013 when the news came out 40 million Target credit cards had been stolen (Krebs, 2013f) by accessing data on point of sale (POS) systems (Krebs, 2014b).