Protect yourself against cybercriminals hitting online retailers

Cybersecurity can be a cat-and-mouse game. Fix one weakness, and the criminals find another target.

It’s a lesson industries from retail to restaurants to airlines are learning as customers’ data increasingly draws the attention of online thieves. Just this week, Sears and Kmart, Best Buy, Panera Bread and Delta Air Lines notified customers that their payment information and other personal data may have been compromised in security breaches.

The theft of payment information collected at checkout stands, once a more common threat, is declining.