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Target: Yes, hackers got encrypted PINs along with stolen cards

28

Dec

2013

Target on Friday confirmed that hackers managed to steal encrypted data including encrypted PINs, as reported by Reuters earlier this week, but added that the PIN numbers are still safe and hackers shouldn’t be able to use the information to compromise debit cards. According to the retailer, the PIN information is encrypted at the keypad and it […]

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Reuters: Target hackers got encrypted bank PINs as well

25

Dec

2013

The hackers who managed to steal data for up to 40 million credit cards used in Target stores on Black Friday and in following weeks have reportedly accessed the associated encrypted personal identification numbers (PINs) as well, which could be cracked and used to make fraudulent withdrawals. Reuters revealed the news in a recent report, which cited […]

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Dissecting Latest Kelihos Peer Exchange Communication

18

Jul

2013

StoryAround the end of June, I found a new Kelihos binary that was being pushed to all the proxy peers from Kelihos’ job servers. At that time, I assumed the binary was just a typical bug fix build. But on July 14th, my Kelihos tracker stopped getting new peers. I then realized the update in […]

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