Breach

An emailed statement to employees last week warned them to begin taking extra precautions to protect their personal information.

The Institutional Shareholders Services said the retailer fell short in preparing for and responding to last December's massive data breach.

Full and partial Social Security numbers were impacted for about 50,000 early childhood practitioners after unauthorized access was gained to the TAPP Registry.

In the wake of recent headline-grabbing breaches at retail chains, arguments quickly arose regarding what could be done in terms of prevention.

CNNMoney broke the bleak figure, which was based on breach reporting estimates by the Ponemon Institute.

A former Home Depot employee was fired and is being prosecuted for accessing customer account information and distributing card data.

As many as 1,300 customers of Precision Planting, a subsidiary of Monsanto, are being notified that unauthorized access was gained to their personal information.