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60 Minutes segment on the TJX ID theft issue
- TAGS:60 Minutes, credit card, cybercrime, ID Theft, TJX
- IT TOPICS:Security
60 Minutes recently aired a segment about the TJX ID theft issue. Looks like Canada hired someone to investigate the case, and they have released their findings on the problem.
It has pretty much everything we know about the case (bad guys cracked wireless using WEP), but they got pretty in-depth on the wireless issue by actually talking about WEP and WPA (the reporter was driving around with a security guy doing some wardriving). They also show some pretty cool "live" video of FBI agents buying credit cards online.
This is stuff a lot of security professionals know about and see, but to the public most of this stuff is essentially voodoo. So I think is a good thing for the public to have some knowledge on how this all went down in a more detailed fashion and to know how vulnerable everyone is.
Also, I got a kick out the Canadian women saying "out" and "about". That always brings a smile (no offense to my Canadian readers).
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