[Dataloss] TJX breach involved 45.7m cards, company reports

[B.K. DeLong]

Finally. Glad we finally know.

On 3/28/07, lyger <lyger at attrition.org> wrote:
>
> (Keep in mind that these are credit card NUMBERS, and not PEOPLE... people
> often have more than one card.  Attrition's Dataloss Database (DLDOS) will
> be updated accordingly)
>
> http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2007/03/tjx_breach_invo.html
>
> At least 45.7 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen by hackers
> who broke into the computer systems at the TJX Cos. in Framingham and the
> United Kingdom and siphoned off data over a period of several years,
> making it the biggest breach of personal data ever reported, according to
> security specialists.
>
> TJX, the Framingham discounter that operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls
> clothing chains, also reported in a regulatory filing yesterday that
> another 455,000 customers who returned merchandise without receipts had
> their personal data stolen, including drivers' license numbers. "It's the
> biggest card heist ever," said Avivah Litan, vice president of Gartner
> Inc. "This was obviously done over a long period of time, in many
> locations. It's done considerable damage."
>
> [...]
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