hackers swiped acct numbers for 45.7 million customers over a 2 year period

The theft of millions of customer credit and debit card numbers from the parent of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and other retail chains underscores the rising sophistication of cybercriminals. TJX said late Wednesday that hackers swiped account numbers for 45.7 million  US customers over a two-year period — the biggest publicly disclosed data theft.

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Our comment: It is clear that data theft is increasing in USA. Nothing in Europe? Of course there are many data theft in Europe, but neither the legislataion nor their ethic pushes companies to make a public statement about it.  There are some disussions about it at EU level, but...