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NEW YORK — The Department of Justice announced Tuesday the indictment of 11 people whom they say stole millions of credit and debit card numbers from major retailers in the nation's largest case of identity theft.
The 11 people — including three Americans — allegedly targeted such retailers as TJX Companies, BJs Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority, Forever 21 and DSW.
"This is the single largest and most complex identity theft case ever charged in this country," Attorney General Michael Mukasey said at a hastily planned press conference in Boston Tuesday....
Investigators say Gonzalez and his cohorts were able to tap into computer networks using a technique called "war driving."
"War driving is simply driving around in a car with a laptop computer looking for accessible wireless computer networks," Sullivan said.
Once they found a retailer's network, officials alleged the men would hack into the system and install "sniffer programs," which would relay sensitive credit card information back to the men.
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This is absolutely terrifying. Someone could use the "war driving" technique in combination with a proxy IP, and no one would even know who the culprits are unless they used the stolen information themselves to make purchases, or sold it to someone who later informed on them. I'm glad these guys were caught.
Posted by: Stewart Engelman DNI Services | September 22, 2009 at 02:29 PM
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Posted by: Davida Robinson | August 20, 2008 at 10:28 PM