Tom Harkins, CSO of Secure Identity Systems, spoke with Reuters TV to discuss the major identity theft ring that was the focus of much news this week.
The theft is being deemed the largest hacking and identity theft ring ever exposed. Eleven people, including a U.S. Secret Service informant, have been charged in connection with the hacking of nine major retailers and the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers.
The indictment returned Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Boston alleges that the suspects hacked into the wireless computer networks of retailers including TJX Cos., BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority, Forever 21 and DSW and set up programs that captured card numbers, passwords and account information.
You can read the press release announcing the indictment from the Department of Justice here.
Many of the hackers are still at large, according to this post in the WSJ.
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