It Figures

July 6, 2009

$9.75 Million

—Amount to be paid by Framingham, Mass.-based retailer TJX Cos. as part of a settlement with numerous states over a massive data theft that exposed 46 million customers’ credit card numbers. Some of the money will pay for a data security fund for states involved in the settlement. The breach began in 2005 but was not disclosed until 2007.