@HeWhoKnocks - PCI Compliance is not a voluntary standard, it’s enforced by your acquirer/clearing house, the PCI SSC is comprised of the 5 major credit card companies. You have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about, quit making stuff up.

Yes Target and Home Depot were breached, but they were human error on the…

PCI DSS is not a volunteer standard, it’s mandated by the PCI Security Standards Council that is representative of all major card companies and enforced by your acquirer/clearing house. Non Compliance to PCI can mean the loss of processing credit cards for 5 years and placed on the MATCH’D list in which no acquirer…