Script kiddies take over from criminal 'masterminds': Verizon study 

Script kiddies take over from criminal 'masterminds': Verizon study

In Crypto - By Angela Moscaritolo, 20 April 2011 12:48 PM
Jailed Gonzalez epitomised the new, rough-and-ready breed of hacker angling for small businesses.
TJX hacker Gonzalez asks for withdrawl of guilty plea  

TJX hacker Gonzalez asks for withdrawl of guilty plea

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 12 April 2011 10:47 AM
"I was a Secret Service informant," says infamous hacker Albert Gonzalez.
Judge grants TJX hacker sentencing delay over health 

Judge grants TJX hacker sentencing delay over health

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 18 December 2009 3:31 PM
Gonzalez may suffer from Asperger's syndrome.
Hacker to plead guilty to Heartland breach 

Hacker to plead guilty to Heartland breach

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 10 December 2009 11:36 AM
Faces up to 25 years in jail.
TJX ringleader pleads guilty 

TJX ringleader pleads guilty

In Hackers - By Chuck Miller, 15 September 2009 12:00 PM
One of the leaders of an international ring of credit card thieves on Friday pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges, including conspiracy, computer fraud, access device ...
TJX hacker gets 30-year prison sentence 

TJX hacker gets 30-year prison sentence

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 9 January 2009 10:48 AM
A Ukrainian man, one of the orchestrator's of the monster TJX breach, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in Turkey.
New Yorker charged with providing "sniffer" trojan for TJX hack 

New Yorker charged with providing "sniffer" trojan for TJX hack

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 5 November 2008 9:45 AM
The trojan used to "sniff" the credit card information of millions of TJX shoppers was provided by a 25-year-old New York man, who has been charged with conspiracy.
Second TJX hacker pleads guilty  

Second TJX hacker pleads guilty

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 24 September 2008 9:56 AM
A Miami man pleaded guilty this week for his involvement in the wireless-enabled data heists at TJX and a number of other well-known retailers.
TJX hacker pleads guilty as charged 

TJX hacker pleads guilty as charged

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 15 September 2008 11:37 AM
Damon Patrick Toey has become the first person to be brought to justice in the hacking of TJX, which is one of the biggest cases of its kind.
BT: Sloppy identity verification 'must make firms liable' 

BT: Sloppy identity verification 'must make firms liable'

In Hackers - By Joy Persaud, 8 August 2008 11:06 AM
Organisations that hold personal data should be made liable for fraudulent transactions, say BT security experts.
The implications of cybercrime's biggest ever bust 

The implications of cybercrime's biggest ever bust

In Hackers - By Sue Marquette Poremba , 7 August 2008 9:59 AM
Recent arrests in the hacking of nine U.S. retailers and Countrywide Home Loans is just the tip of the iceberg of what's to come, according to experts in the security industry.
Ring responsible for TJX mega-breach, eight others, busted 

Ring responsible for TJX mega-breach, eight others, busted

In Hackers - By Chuck Miller, 6 August 2008 9:57 AM
US Federal authorities have busted the criminal ring responsible for the largest hacking and identity theft case in history.
TJX settles with MasterCard for US$24 million 

TJX settles with MasterCard for US$24 million

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 4 April 2008 10:03 AM
Discount retailer TJX, parent of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, has agreed to a US$24 million settlement with MasterCard over a security breach that left tens of millions of credit ...
TJX customers to claim eligibility for breach settlement 

TJX customers to claim eligibility for breach settlement

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 5 March 2008 10:28 AM
TJX has begun distributing claims forms to customers whose information may have been compromised in the retail chain's massive data breach.
TJX reports soaring profits one year after breach disclosure 

TJX reports soaring profits one year after breach disclosure

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 21 February 2008 9:52 AM
TJX on Wednesday reported a 47 percent spike in quarterly profits, aided by a reduction in the reserve that was created to pay for costs associated with last year's reported ...
TJX agrees to US$41 million settlement with Visa 

TJX agrees to US$41 million settlement with Visa

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 3 December 2007 10:14 AM
Embattled retailer TJX Companies - the parent of TJ Maxx, Marshalls and other well-known outlets - has agreed to a nearly US$41 million settlement with Visa.
Visa fines TJX credit card processor 

Visa fines TJX credit card processor

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 30 October 2007 3:11 PM
Visa has doled out some US$880,000 in fines to a Cincinnati-based acquiring bank that retail chain TJX contracted with to process most of its credit card transactions.
Banks: TJX lost twice as much data as reported 

Banks: TJX lost twice as much data as reported

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 26 October 2007 9:40 AM
A group of New England banking associations contended in a court filing Tuesday that hackers stole 94 million account numbers when they infiltrated the databases of clothing ...
TJX settles data breach lawsuits 

TJX settles data breach lawsuits

In Hackers - By Shaun Nichols, 27 September 2007 11:57 AM
TJX, owner of the TK Maxx brand, has agreed to settle a series of class-action lawsuits stemming from a huge data breach in 2005.
Canadian privacy chief: TJX kept too much info; breach began in Miami 

Canadian privacy chief: TJX kept too much info; breach began in Miami

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 26 September 2007 10:26 AM
Before TJX revealed its servers had been breached by hackers, the retail giant collected and stored unnecessary and excessive amounts of personal information for too long and ...
TJX customers get vouchers, three-day sale as part of breach settlement 

TJX customers get vouchers, three-day sale as part of breach settlement

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 25 September 2007 9:46 AM
Store vouchers and a three-day sale are some of the concessions TJX has pledged in a settlement with customers who sued the discount retail giant following a massive customer ...
Authorities hope arrest of Ukraine man leads to TJX orchestrator 

Authorities hope arrest of Ukraine man leads to TJX orchestrator

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 22 August 2007 7:29 AM
Authorities believe the recent arrest of a Ukrainian man in Turkey on identity theft charges could lead police to the brains behind the TJX data breach.
TJX reports plummeting profits, but sales up 

TJX reports plummeting profits, but sales up

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 16 August 2007 2:15 PM
TJX's profits are starting to crumble under the weight of the massive data breach announced in January that placed about 45.7 million customers at risk for identity theft, ...
TJX faces five more breach-related state lawsuits 

TJX faces five more breach-related state lawsuits

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 12 June 2007 10:20 AM
Five additional states have filed lawsuits against TJX over the massive data breach that exposed some 45.7 million credit card numbers to hackers, the retailer reported on ...
Report: TJX breach began in Minnesota Marshalls parking lot 

Report: TJX breach began in Minnesota Marshalls parking lot

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 7 May 2007 10:10 AM
The suspects who lifted the personal data of 45.7 million customers from TJX's processing systems hatched their elaborate plan some two years ago at a Marshalls outlet in ...
Banks file suit against TJX over breach costs 

Banks file suit against TJX over breach costs

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 26 April 2007 9:55 AM
Three US state banking associations announced Tuesday that they have filed a joint lawsuit against TJX Companies over "dramatic costs" their 300 members have incurred since the ...
Data of 45.7 million card holders accessed in US retailer breach 

Data of 45.7 million card holders accessed in US retailer breach

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 30 March 2007 10:22 AM
TJX Companies revealed late Wednesday in a regulatory filing that hackers stole data from at least 45.7 million credit card holders when they illegally accessed the discount ...
Stolen data from major US retailer used in credit card fraud ring 

Stolen data from major US retailer used in credit card fraud ring

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 22 March 2007 3:00 AM
A multimillion-dollar state-wide credit card scam has been uncovered in the US, six arrested and four warrants have been issued.
US retailer breach worsens  

US retailer breach worsens

By Dan Kaplan, 23 February 2007 5:52 AM
Hackers infiltrated network systems - potentially accessing the personal details of millions of shoppers - at TJX Companies for a longer period than the discount clothing ...
US retailer faces lawsuit as congressman calls for investigation into hacking 

US retailer faces lawsuit as congressman calls for investigation into hacking

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 31 January 2007 7:36 PM
TJX Companies, the parent firm of retailers T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, was hit with a flurry of lawsuits this week resulting from hackers breaching company servers.
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