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Largest ID theft case cracked by DOJ

March 28, 2011 – 8:16 am

A Miami man has been charged with acting with two unnamed conspirators to locate large corporations and steal vital account information. The case is being called by the Department of Justice the “single largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted.”
Albert Gonzalez, 28, is accused of helping to steal 130 million credit and debit card [...]

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Data breach Hall of Shame, 2009

December 17, 2009 – 2:59 pm

This is the time of year when all the Top 10, Best of, and Worst of lists come out. And just for the folks who worry about data breaches, information security, identity theft and institutional stupidity, ComputerWorld has rolled out their 2009 Data Breach Hall of Shame.
In no particular order–but each special in its own [...]

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LifeLock eRecon™: Heartland, Hannaford data breaches mean lower prices for stolen credit card info

August 21, 2009 – 1:53 pm

It’s all a matter of supply and demand. Pickpockets and small-time hackers were once the only source for a meager supply of stolen credit cards and credit card data, and prices were correspondingly high; in the mid-1970s, buyers routinely paid as much as $20 for a single credit card record.
But that was then. Now the [...]

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