http://www.darkreading.com/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224201205 By Kelly Jackson Higgins DarkReading April 02, 2010 TJX and Heartland hacker Albert Gonzalez may be behind bars for the next 20 years, but the fraud fallout from his hacking is still spreading: a Florida credit union is now reissuing 12,000 debit cards after its customers' accounts were compromised in the wake of the Heartland Payment Systems breach by Gonzalez and his cohorts. MidFlorida Federal Credit Union had issued 5,000 new cards to its members last year, according to a published report in The Ledger in Lakeland in the wake of Heartland's disclosure that its network had been breached, exposing 100 million credit and debit card transactions. The credit union has around 80,000 debit card accounts overall. Gonzalez last week was given the largest sentence ever levied for a computer crime: 20 years in prison for his role in the massive breach of TJX, BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority, and Dave & Busters restaurants. It was considered the largest identity theft case ever in the U.S. A day later, he was handed another 20-year sentence for breaching Heartland Payment Systems, Hannaford Bros., Target, 7-Eleven, JC Penney, and WetSeal, but that sentence will be served concurrently with the first one. MidFlorida sent notices out all of its affected debit card holders on March 26, noting that they should also review their accounts for any potential fraudulent activity. Kathy Britt, chief operating officer for MidFlorida Federal Credit Union, reportedly said the credit union is replacing this latest round of debit cards due to some recent fraud activity tied to the Heartland breach. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/Received on Sun Apr 04 2010 - 23:10:13 PDT
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