Thread: Target breach due to extreme negligence

Target Missed Warnings in Epic Hack of Credit Card Data - Businessweek

On Nov. 30, according to a person who has consulted on Target’s investigation but is not authorized to speak on the record, the hackers deployed their custom-made code, triggering a FireEye alert that indicated unfamiliar malware: “malware.binary.” Details soon followed, including addresses for the servers where the hackers wanted their stolen data to be sent. As the hackers inserted more versions of the same malware (they may have used as many as five, security researchers say), the security system sent out more alerts, each the most urgent on FireEye’s graded scale, says the person who has consulted on Target’s probe.

Ah, Negligence. What would criminals do without you?

Those...don't sound like warnings...those sound like giant fucking klaxons going off next to your head.

Originally Posted by Nuckle

I have several friend that were effected by this.


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I am one.

Thanks to Target, I have a new debit card. Wells Fargo caught some fraudulant charges, and killed my own old one. It was a hassle, but it didn't cost me anything.

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Not surprised from what it sounded like, even before this, I had a hard time believing no-one would notice what was going on at all.