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An Interview With the Target & Home Depot Hacker

November 14, 2024 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, aleksandr ermakov, chronopay, Data Breaches, dmitri golubov, helkern, home depot breach, hydra market, mikemike, mikhail lenin, mikhail shefel, Ne'er-Do-Well News, pavel vrublevsky, peter vrublevsky, pharma wars, sprut, sugar ransomware, target breach

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:45:32 +0000

In December 2023, KrebsOnSecurity revealed the real-life identity of Rescator, the nickname used by a Russian cybercriminal who sold more than 100 million payment cards stolen from Target and Home Depot between 2013 and 2014. Moscow resident Mikhail Shefel, who confirmed using the Rescator identity in a recent interview, also admitted reaching out because he is broke and seeking publicity for several new money making schemes.

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Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach

December 14, 2023 0 Comments 74957809554, A Little Sunshine, bothunter, Breadcrumbs, chronopay, ika, jsc hot spot, lev tolstoy, megaplan, mikhail borisovich shefel, mikhail lenin, mikhail shefel, pavel vrublevsky, pustota, r-fac1, target breach, v.zhabukin@freefrog-co-ru, vasily borisovich zhabykin, vera vrublevsky, zaxvatmira@gmail.com

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:51:39 +0000

On Dec. 18, 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that U.S. retail giant Target was battling a wide-ranging computer intrusion that compromised more than 40 million customer payment cards over the previous month. The malware used in the Target breach included the text string “Rescator,” which also was the handle chosen by the cybercriminal who was selling all of the cards stolen from Target customers. Ten years later, KrebsOnSecurity has uncovered new clues about the real-life identity of Rescator.