Why are small retailers more attractive to hackers?

Team Omega
October 23, 2011

Here are a few reasons as to why hackers attack smaller enterprises:

Low security measures on network
Default usernames and passwords
Rise in value of personal information in the black market
Easier to get away with smaller operation hacking
Better targets of opportunity
No logging information maintained by smaller companies
IT functions are outsourced and security is in the bottom of their list

Source: 2011 Verizon breach report