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Target Hackers Have More Data Than They Can Sell

Posted by Soulskill on from the embarrassment-of-riches dept.

itwbennett writes "The hackers who stole millions of credit card numbers from Target customers are probably 'laying low knowing that everyone is looking for them,' says Alex Holden, who runs cybercrime consultancy Hold Security. But it's also likely that they can't sell them: 'You can imagine that having a lot of stolen credit cards will not net the hackers, say $35 per card for all 40 million,' said Holden. 'Even if the hackers are willing to sell cards for $1 a card, no one will buy the stolen goods in these amounts.'"

3 of 118 comments (clear)

  1. Proposal for new *coin by relisher · · Score: 2, Funny

    The TargetCardCoin

  2. It has arrived! by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Security through Ubiquity!

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  3. Spoiler alert by symbolset · · Score: 4, Funny

    The data was stolen by the company that prints the replacement cards.

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