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follow-up: 41 million credit/debit card numbers compromised
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:47:59 +0000 (UTC)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org> 11 charged in connection with credit card fraud By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO – 16 hours ago http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iL9Fn3VNKRc00RHOLhI-cC-qEVwwD92CBBI80NEW YORK (AP) — The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it had charged 11 people in connection with the hacking of nine major U.S. retailers and the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers.
It is believed to be the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice. The charges include conspiracy, computer intrusion, fraud and identity theft.
The indictment returned Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Boston alleges that the people charged hacked into the wireless computer networks of retailers including TJX Cos., BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority, Forever 21 and DSW.
"While technology has made our lives much easier it has also created new vulnerabilities," U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan said in a statement. "This case clearly shows how strokes on a keyboard with a criminal purpose can have costly results."
The indictment alleges that the hackers installed programs to capture card numbers, passwords and account information, and then concealed the data in computer servers that they controlled in the U.S. and Eastern Europe.
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