Kevin Poulsen provides newly released details on the 7-Eleven hack included in Albert Gonzalez’s plea agreement: ….In his most recent plea agreement, filed in court on Monday, confessed hacker Albert Gonzalez admitted conspiring in the 7-Eleven breach, and fingered two Russian associates as the direct culprits. The Russians are identified as “Hacker 1″ and “Hacker…
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Albert Gonzalez Enters Plea Agreement in Heartland, Hannaford Cases
Kim Zetter reports: Albert Gonzalez, who has admitted hacking into TJX and other companies, has filed a plea agreement in charges that he breached Heartland Payment Systems, Hannaford, 7-Eleven and two other companies. Under the terms of the agreement, Gonzalez, a former Secret Service informant, will plead guilty to two counts of conspiracy to gain…
(update) RockYou admits security snafu exposed email login details
John Leyden reports: Social media application developer RockYou has vowed to improve its security and apply encryption following a breach that exposed 32 million user login credentials to hackers. Sensitive login credentials – stored in plain text – were left open to attack as a result of an SQL injection vulnerability in RockYou’s website. In…
Heartland pays Amex $3.6M over 2008 data breach
Robert McMillan reports: Heartland Payment Systems will pay American Express $3.6 million to settle charges relating to the 2008 hacking of its payment system network. This is the first settlement Heartland has reached with a card brand since disclosing the incident in January of this year. […] This settlement resolves “all intrusion-related issues between the…
Hacker hits NC community college system
Kristin Collins reports: Patrons of the state’s community colleges may have had their drivers license and Social Security numbers stolen by a hacker. College officials announced late today that 51,000 library users at 25 campuses, including Wake Tech and Johnston County, were the victims of a security breach in August. They said the libraries collect…
Dollar Tree hacked over weekend, business as usual on Monday
Bryan Baker of WRDW in Georgia reports that Dollar Tree in North Augusta was hacked over the weekend: Employees say someone hacked into the store’s computers, potentially exposing sensitive customer information. North Augusta Public Safety says so far there have been no identity theft complaints from Dollar Tree customers. The store agreed, telling News 12…