Legal Opinion
In Re TJX Companies Retail Security Breach Litigation
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 3, 2008No. Civil Action 07-10162-WGYPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
On January 17, 2007, TJX Companies, Inc. (“TJX”) publicly announced that hackers had compromised its computer systems. See Joseph Pereira, How CrediN Card Data Went Out Wireless Door, WALL ST. J., May 4, 2007, at Al. In what has been characterized as the largest retail security breach in history, the intruders made off with data relating to over 45,000,-000 credit and debit cards used. at TJX stores. 1 Id. They also obtained personal information, such as names, addresses, and social security numbers, provided by TJX customers in order to make…
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