Heartland data breach could be the largest in US history

Details are emerging on what could well become that largest data breach in US History.
Heartland, a company that processes payments for more than 250,000 businesses, is saying today that up to one million customers may have had their credit information stolen, a number easily eclipsing the 47 million customers potentially at risk of credit fraud [...]

January 20, 2009 Tags: bank processing, banking, carders, cybercrime, data breach, Defense in Depth, forensics, hackers, Heartland, identity fraud, identity theft, MasterCard, Robert Vamosi Posted in: Defense in Depth, Heartland, MasterCard, Robert Baldwin, Robert Vamosi, TJX, US Secret Service, Visa, carders, cybercrmie, data breach, forensics, hackers, identity theft, indentity fraud Comments Closed

I'm currently senior analyst at Mocana and author of When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of our Infatuation with New Technologies.
As an award-winning journalist with more than nine years of major news organization experience, I specialize in computer security, cybercrime, and computer viruses. Additional skills include editing, product review, on-camera talent, and podcast host.
I've written extensively about computer security, criminal hacking, incident response, vulnerability disclosure, data loss prevention, botnets, malware, virus writers, cross-site scripting attacks, and flaws within DNS.
I've received professional training in securing wireless networks, how attackers profile and exploit social engineering, and digital forensics and incident response.
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