TJX Explains Time Lag

A customer is taking the TJX Companies to court. According to a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston yesterday, the Framingham-based retail firm failed to provide adequate security for its customer data and then it failed to reveal a breach for a month.

TJX, the parent of retailers such as Marshalls and T.J. Maxx, says it discovered in mid-December that hackers had accessed customer credit card numbers and personal data. But thecompany waited until mid-January to make the breach public.

Now, almost two weeks later, TJX is taking out full-page newspaper ads and going online to explain the delay. WBUR's Business and Technology Reporter Curt Nickisch has more on the story.