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Target Credit Card Data Was Sent To a Server In Russia
angry tapir writes "The stolen credit card numbers of millions of Target shoppers took an international trip — to Russia. A peek inside the malicious software that infected Target's POS (point-of-sale) terminals is revealing more detail about the methods of the attackers as security researchers investigate one of the most devastating data breaches in history. Findings from two security companies show the attackers breached Target's network and stayed undetected for more than two weeks. Over two weeks, the malware collected 11GB of data from Target's POS terminals. The data was first quietly moved to another server on Target's network and then transmitted in chunks to a U.S.-based server that the attackers had hijacked. Logs from that compromised server show the data was moved again to a server based in Russia starting on Dec. 2."
A related article at Wired points out that Target suffered a similar breach in 2005, and apparently didn't learn its lesson.
Teehee you said nigger! I love when people do that! Every time anyone says nigger it's one more step towards a saner world where people stop feeling threatened by mere words. There is no better guarantee of free speech. Sadly in the meantime the easily offended bedwetters will blame everyone and anyone but themselves for their own decision to allow their happiness to be determined by what other people say. Remember "I'm offended!" is just another way of saying "you must say only what I approve of, now bow to me or I will shame you and embarass you and downmod you to force you to comply!" Only actual threats of real physical harm should be sanctioned. Just saying "nigger" is not a threat. Stop acting like it is please.
Your perspective is far too freedom-loving and enlightened for the average slashdot moderator to grasp. Apparently the summaries have so many grammatical errors and generally sloppy writing because the "editors" are too busy searching discussions for words like "nigger" and down-modding them with their infinite mod points.
Freedom means other people might say and do things that you don't approve of. Those things are neither crimes, nor are they wrong in any way when you merely find them distasteful. Saying "nigger" is like that. Anyone who claims to support free speech but down-mods a thoughtful comment on the use of a word is a goddamned hypocrite, to put it mildly.