NBC story about the 160 million stolen Creditcards

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  • Ferus
    Bye - Left to do stuff
    • Feb 2013
    • 4102

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    NBC story about the 160 million stolen Creditcards

    http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/16...ked-8C10751970

    The group kept security professionals and journalists busy for years, causing embarrassing data leaks at grocery-store chain Hannaford Brothers Co. (4.2 million cards), Discover (2 million cards), and Dow Jones (10,000 corporate logins).
    I wonder how many have been used by affiliates to generate sales
  • Sunny Day
    Confirmed User
    • Dec 2010
    • 1406

    #2
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    Originally posted by Ferus
    http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/16...ked-8C10751970



    I wonder how many have been used by affiliates to generate sales
    Might explain how somebody went on a shopping spree in Miami for a few thousand on my GF's card. Wouldn't have even noticed it until the next statement had I not checked up on charges from a Vegas trip.

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    • bronco67
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Dec 2006
      • 29026

      #3
      All four of the hackers are Russian...why am I not surprised?

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      • rowan
        Too lazy to set a custom title
        • Mar 2002
        • 17393

        #4
        Frankly, I'm amazed that a programmer would choose to store credit card info in a database that has read access from a public web server. But not really that surprised. :-\

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