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Who's Selling Credit Cards From Target?

Posted by Soulskill on from the it's-the-grinch dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Brian Krebs has done some detective work to determine who is behind the recent Target credit card hack. Krebs sifted through posts from a series of shady forums, some dating back to 2008, to determine the likely real-life identity of one fraudster. He even turns down a $10,000 bribe offer to keep the information under wraps."

3 of 68 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Good Journalsim, Good Article by SternisheFan · · Score: 3, Informative

    This morning ABC-TV news reported that they are zeroing in on the thieves (it may be Ukranian hackers), who are having trouble selling the info since there is a glut on the market, not enough buyers. It also reported that phony Target emails are getting sent to affected card holders, customers are being told to go directly to the official Target site to be sure.

  2. Re:Purview of NSA? by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 5, Informative

    Or the banks could switch to chip and pin cards and upgrade the crypto sufficiently to make it secure.

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  3. Re:Good Journalsim, Good Article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    I expected the grammar Nazis to be out in full force.

    An ellipsis is 3 dots, not 2, and it has a space before and after.