Goodwill breach article

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Goodwill breach article
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• If you love online bargain shopping, then this
  latest news may come as a shock to you. Federal
  agencies and a fraud investigative unit (payment
  card industry) recently contacted Goodwill about
  a possible credit card fraud.

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• In fact, in one of the statements published by
  Goodwill organization in its website states that
  Goodwills across the country take the data of
  consumers seriously and their community
  well-being is our number one concern.

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• According to Goodwills Director of Public
  Relations, Lauren Lawson, the authorities are
  currently investigating this incident and as of
  now theres no new information that could be
  shared.

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• He further added that Goodwill Industries
  International has around 2,900 stores with 165
  regional headquarters throughout US Canada. In
  other words, Goodwill does not have any
  centralized point of sale system.

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• It seems that Goodwill will join the growing list
  of other major retailers like Sally Beauty,
  Target, Michaels, Neiman Marcus, P.F. Changs
  that have recently experienced similar breaches.

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• When it comes to charitable organizations,
  Goodwill is the leading brand. It collects and
  sells donated household goods clothes, and the
  proceeds from it are used for charitable
  purposes. In fact, according to Goodwill, this
  year it has helped over 145,000 individuals get
  back to work.

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• Last year, Goodwill earned around 3.9 billion
  through retail sales, 647 million from
  industrial service contract work, and had
  accumulated 618 million in form of gifts,
  government support and grants. As a charitable
  organization, Goodwill spends around 83 of its
  revenue on training programs employment.

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• Since, Goodwill is a charitable organization
  its more distressing to see them becoming the
  target of a breach. However, this must not come
  as a surprise, as most of the cybercriminals are
  now targeting smaller organizations, including
  charitable organizations too.

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• They very well know that such organizations do
  have sufficient budgets to implement a robust
  online security program.

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• There is little being disclosed about how the
  breach was perpetrated and about the specifics of
  Goodwills security systems, however, one thing
  that is certain is that todays businesses are
  facing a mounting threat from hackers and
  cybercriminals.

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