Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Liquor Chain Credit card breach - What's special - It started on 10/31/2012



Highlight is  that the financial information stolen in a sophisticated computer scam that persisted for a year and a half,


According to the article:- 

More than half a million customers at 34 liquor stores owned by Spec's may have had critical financial information stolen in a sophisticated computer scam that persisted for a year and a half, the company announced Friday.

"This was a very sophisticated attack by a hacker or hackers who went to great lengths to cover their tracks," spokeswoman Jenifer Sarver said. "It took professional forensics investigators considerable time to find and understand the problem then make recommendations for Spec's to fully address and fix them."


"This was a very sophisticated attack by a hacker or hackers who went to great lengths to cover their tracks," spokeswoman Jenifer Sarver said. "It took professional forensics investigators considerable time to find and understand the problem then make recommendations for Spec's to fully address and fix them."

I'm surprised the investigation went on so long without them discovering the root problem," said Erlin,

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