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Target's Treacherous Mistakes
From reading the article, I can see where some of Target’s officials made some treacherous mistakes. Even though Target has been business over 50 years, they are still susceptible to the computer hackers of today. So, the main question should be, If Target had everything in place and they were notified of the breech in the security information, why did this happen? (GaleGroup,2014). Was it just pure human error and oversight or was there a bigger failing plan? Nevertheless, CEO Steinhafel, was looking out on behalf of the public consumer, when he chose to tell Americans exactly how many accounts had been possibly hacked instead of allowing his staff to have him report a lower number. (Kinicki & Williams, 2016). He chose to show true integrity
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