Danny Yadron reports: The holiday data breach at Target Corp. appeared to be part of a broad and highly sophisticated international hacking campaign against multiple retailers, according to a report prepared by federal and private investigators that was sent to financial-services companies and retailers. The report offers some of the first details to emerge about the source…
Category: Malware
Worried about Target getting your information if you sign up for the free credit monitoring with Experian? Don’t be.
I’ve seen a number of comments around the web from individuals who are concerned about signing up for the free credit monitoring by Experian that’s been offered by Target. So I contacted Experian and asked them if they share registration information with Target. Here’s the reply I got from Greg Young, Director, Public Relations of Experian Consumer…
Pointer: A First Look at the Target Intrusion, Malware – Krebs
In case you missed it, Brian Krebs had a column with some informed speculation about the malware used in the Target attack. You can read his column here.
Good luck with THAT (Target update)
John Leyden reports: Underground cybercriminals are attempting to decrypt a 50GB dump of encrypted debit card PINs that security watchers reckon were lifted during last year’s high profile breach against retail giant Target. Security intelligence firm IntelCrawler reports that a miscreant claiming to be in possession of 50GB of PIN data secured with 3DES encryption posted a…
New Hagens Berman Lawsuit: Target Was Informed of Data Vulnerability in 2007, but Ignored Danger
Press release: SEATTLE– January 14, 2014– Today consumers represented by law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Target (NYSE: TGT) claiming the retail giant ignored warnings from as early as 2007 that the company’s point-of-sale (POS) system was vulnerable to attack, a move that put millions of Americans’ credit-cards…
Is Target’s offer of an Experian-only ID theft product good enough?
idRADAR has some comments about Target’s offer of an ID theft product. I found it interesting to read because I wouldn’t have realized that what Target negotiated was not the usual kind of product that checks all three major credit reporting databases – Experian, Equifax, and Transunion. The plan Target arranged with Experian only checks…