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The Chamber of Commerce gets into…cyber security?

The second annual Cyber Security Summit kicks off today — and big business is invited to the party.

A conference about hacking sponsored by retail store Target sounds a little weird, right? But there might be good reason for it. The second annual Cyber Security Summit hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce kicks off today. Respected names from the cyber community will be there. And one of the big messages is that these days businesses are a bigger target for hackers than most other organizations.

Chester Wisniewski, senior advisor at the cyber security firm Sophos, joins Marketplace Morning Report host David Brancaccio to discuss. 

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