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TJX has begun distributing claims forms to customers whose information may have been compromised in the retail chain's massive data breach. TJX on Wednesday reported a 47 percent spike in quarterly profits, aided by a reduction in the reserve that was created to pay for costs associated with last year's reported data breach. The personally identifiable information of about 650,000 customers of JCPenney and other retailers is at risk after a data tape went missing from storage vendor Iron Mountain. Five additional states have filed lawsuits against TJX over the massive data breach that exposed some 45.7 million credit card numbers to hackers, the retailer reported on Thursday in a federal regulatory filing. More than three-quarters of large U.S. merchants, and nearly two-thirds of medium-sized retailers, are in compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), according to Visa. Large-scale data breaches across both the private and public sectors dominated the news throughout the year. Rob Buckley looks back. The new year is supposed to signal a fresh start for us all, but web threats will continue to reign in 2008, wreaking havoc just as they did this year Cyber crime can only be reduced by educating consumers and co-ordinating efforts by all parties involved in internet commerce, say security experts.. The latest retailer to suffer a data breach: Neiman Marcus. Three US state banking associations announced Tuesday that they have filed a joint lawsuit against TJX Companies over "dramatic costs" their 300 members have incurred since the discount retailer announced that hackers infiltrated its processing systems, exposing some 45 million credit card numbers. A year filled with high-profile retail data breaches has made consumers more aware of the dangers of online fraud, new research claims.. TJX and three bankers groups have settled a lawsuit over costs related to the discount retailer's record data breach that may have exposed as many as 94 million accounts, the parties announced Tuesday. Security experts have warned consumers to be aware of the growing threat of ID theft as the online holiday shopping season reaches full swing.. The FBI has been slammed in a court ruling after attempting to get Amazon to hand over details on its customers and their reading habits. Microsoft has made the second generation of its desktop anti-virus suite available for download today; CD-issued copies of the program will be available next week. Embattled retailer TJX Companies - the parent of TJ Maxx, Marshalls and other well-known outlets - has agreed to a nearly US$41 million settlement with Visa. Visa has doled out some US$880,000 in fines to a Cincinnati-based acquiring bank that retail chain TJX contracted with to process most of its credit card transactions. The online attack that took down government servers in Estonia was most likely down to an online 'flash mob' and not the Russian government, according to researchers. The game of musical chairs continues at leading domain registrar and certificate authority VeriSign, as the company announced late Tuesday that founder Jim Bidzos has taken the role of chairman of the board, replacing Edward Mueller. Local distributor Altech has walked away from a distribution agreement with niche security software vendor, Bullguard.