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Man charged with hacking 130 million credit and debit cards

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Mon, 08/17/2009 - 21:24
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Keep an extra close eye on your bank accounts!

Federal authorities in New Jersey on Monday charged accused TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez and two unnamed Russians with also cracking into the computer systems of Heartland Payment Systems, 7-Eleven, Hannaford Bros. and two unidentified companies.
Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, is now at the epicenter of the largest data breach criminal case in U.S. history. He was previously charged on May 2008 and August 2008 by federal authorities in eastern New York and Massachusetts, suspected of breaching data systems linked to more than 2,500 stores owned by the TJX (TJX) retail chain, parent of T.J. Maxx. TJX reported losing more than 94 million payment card transactions. Gonzalez pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.

 
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Fri, 08/21/2009 - 20:45
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Re: Man charged with hacking 130 million credit and debit cards

How does anyone imagine they won't get caught doing that? Shame on such big companies for having such lax security systems. What a nightmare.

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Tue, 08/25/2009 - 11:35
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I think I'll start a campaign to bring back the barter system LOL. I don't see how to avoid these criminals otherwise.


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