Three Indicted In Huge Identity/Data Breach 101
ScentCone and other readers let us know about an indictment just unsealed in federal court for stealing 130 million credit cards and other data useful in identity theft, or just plain money theft. The breaches were at payment processor Heartland (accounting for the bulk of the 130M), Hannaford, 7-11, and two unnamed "national retailers." Interestingly, the focus of the indictment, Albert "Segvec" Gonzalez, is currently awaiting trial for masterminding the TJX break-in, which until Heartland counted as the largest credit-card theft ever. The indictment cites SQL injection attacks as the entry vector. Two unnamed Russia-based conspirators were also indicted. Securosis has analysis of the security implications of the breach ("These appear to be preventable attacks using common security controls. It's possible some advanced techniques were used, but I doubt it") and the attackers' methodology.
PCI stands for... (Score:4, Funny)
... Pay Cash Instead!
Re:SQL Injection? Really? (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, I'm sure that the database was properly protected! I've seen quite a number of high-security environments that protect their databases with very cleverly written javascript that makes it all but impossible to hack!
Yet, somehow, those wascally l337 hax0rz still get in... (shrug)