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Re: TJX breach involved 45.7m cards, company reports
From: "B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong () pobox com>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:13:08 -0400
Finally. Glad we finally know. On 3/28/07, lyger <lyger () attrition org> wrote:
(Keep in mind that these are credit card NUMBERS, and not PEOPLE... people often have more than one card. Attrition's Dataloss Database (DLDOS) will be updated accordingly) http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2007/03/tjx_breach_invo.html At least 45.7 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen by hackers who broke into the computer systems at the TJX Cos. in Framingham and the United Kingdom and siphoned off data over a period of several years, making it the biggest breach of personal data ever reported, according to security specialists. TJX, the Framingham discounter that operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls clothing chains, also reported in a regulatory filing yesterday that another 455,000 customers who returned merchandise without receipts had their personal data stolen, including drivers' license numbers. "It's the biggest card heist ever," said Avivah Litan, vice president of Gartner Inc. "This was obviously done over a long period of time, in many locations. It's done considerable damage." [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 158 million compromised records in 609 incidents over 7 years.
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- TJX breach involved 45.7m cards, company reports lyger (Mar 28)
- Re: TJX breach involved 45.7m cards, company reports B.K. DeLong (Mar 28)
- Re: TJX breach involved 45.7m cards, company reports DAIL, ANDY (Mar 29)
- Re: TJX breach involved 45.7m cards, company reports B.K. DeLong (Mar 29)
- Re: TJX breach involved 45.7m cards, company reports James Ritchie (Mar 29)
- Re: TJX breach involved 45.7m cards, company reports DAIL, ANDY (Mar 29)
- Re: TJX breach involved 45.7m cards, company reports B.K. DeLong (Mar 28)
- Re: TJX breach involved 45.7m cards, company reports Adam Shostack (Mar 29)
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- TJX breach involved 45.7m cards, company reports lyger (Mar 29)