Jaikumar Vijayan reports on the ALDI breach that’s been in the news recently:
…. More than 1,000 Aldi shoppers in the Chicago area and from Indianopolis have already reported fraudulent activities related to breaches at Aldi stores. There have been similar reports in other states as well. Analysts estimate that there could be some tens of thousands victims.
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The geographic breadth of the Aldi attack suggests intricate planning, said Jim Huguelet, a Sugar Grove, Ill.-based consultant, who advises clients on payment security issues. “It looks like this was the work of a network of criminals who went into stores and somehow distracted store personnel long enough to take out PIN pads and swap them out with retrofitted devices” designed to steal payment data, he said.
Read more on Computerworld.