Credit card hackers hit Neiman Marcus

cnet ^ | January 10, 2014 | Seth Rosenblatt

[sheikdetailfeather]

Credit card hackers might be developing a taste for the finer things in life.

Upscale department store Neiman Marcus confirmed that its database of customer information was hacked last month, independent security researcher Brian Krebs reported on Friday.

The Neiman Marcus hack follows news today from Target that its investigation into its recent hack found that thieves made off with the personal and credit card data of up to 110 million Target customers, 70 million more than previously thought.

[sheikdetailfeather]

This was just posted on Drudge.

[GeronL]

and soon our medical records will be much easier to hack than these things

[MeshugeMikey]

I wonder what theyre planning on buying with Michelle Obamas Info!!

[Sarah Barracuda]

Soon? I bet its already been done, Healthcare.gov is a hackers dream come true

[Wiggins]

No worries here. Too rich for my blood.

[coton_lover]

Nsa started it. Now everbody doing it. Coming to you by o.b.care

[rsobin]

We have seen the beginning. The hacking season is only getting started. Secure code is possible but the man hours to make it happen are prohibitive. This is really going to hurt target, even as big as it is. Many companies will be hurt and even killed in the next 18 months.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Dropbox Is Down, Hacker Groups Claim Credit

http://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-outage-2014-1

[GeronL]

What is drop box exactly?

[sheikdetailfeather]

I have never used it but it apparently stores photos, emails, etc., in a cloud for you.

[GeronL]

right

[Larry381]

I wonder just how many people know how ridiculously simple it is to hack a computer? My guess is that about 80% of computer systems are open to back-door hacking.
Just as a simple example, I can put together a relatively simple Google search pattern using Google search elements and within seconds have literally thousands of systems wide open to gaining entry.

If one does this long enough eventually the Googler will find him or herself inside quite a few supposedly closed systems. NEVER-never-never put anything about yourself that you don't want revealed on a computer because in spite of your firewall and other so-called security programs it's all wide open to anyone to peek at or copy.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I think you’re talking about setting up a web site with malicious content to be a target of some common Google searches. Maybe. You’d also have a tough time showing up within 100 results of the top.

Something like this... it sounds as though someone internal got careless. Couldn’t resist the temptation to some free porn or whatever that was probably heard of through spam.

[bgill]

Target, Neiman’s and three other mall type stores that have yet to be named. You can’t tell me this isn’t coordinated and isn’t meant to bring down the US economy. The question is, is it step #2746 in this administration’s book to destroy America.