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Jim Throneburg invented Thorlos socks in 1980 and set out to build a brand worthy of the slogan, “caretakers of the world’s feet.”

His company, Thorlo Inc., recently found out that it’s also in the business of taking care of customer data. In January, the Statesville, North Carolina-based business discovered hackers had been intercepting information on the Web after a customer reported a fraudulent credit-card charge.