Best. Breach. Everrr.

Or at least the biggest.
In a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday, TJX–owner of discount stores TJ Maxx, Marshall’s, and others–revealed that the credit/debit card information of at least 45.6 million cardholders was exposed in the data breach TJX disclosed in mid-January. This exceeds the number of records exposed by the Cardsystems breach of two summers ago, winning TJX the dubious honor of “Biggest Breach Ever.”
Well done, TJX. Well done, indeed.
However the “best” in my opinion is this gorgeous display of social engineering reported in a March 19 bit in The Register, “A ’smooth-talking’ thief [took] ABN Amro bank in Antwerp for £15m worth of diamonds, making off with 120,000 carats despite using nothing more than chocolates and charm in the audacious blag.”
I have a deeply meaningful relationship with chocolate. And I have a troubling weakness for smooth-talking, charming men.
Good thing I don’t also have 120,000 carats of [...]

Original post by Bleeping Malware and software by Elliott Back

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