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Neiman Marcus says 'complex' malware defeated its security |
January 24, 2014
Neiman Marcus was unaware attackers had harvested payment card details until six weeks after the activity had ended, when its merchant processor zeroed in on a fraudulent spending pattern.The retailer gave its most complete account yet of its data breach in a letter Wednesday to U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, who has pushed Neiman Marcus and Target for more details on how they’ve responded to the attacks.Neiman Marcus characterized the malware involved as “complex” and described in part how it collected card details despite security measures that the retailer says exceeded industry recommendations.As many as 1.1 million payment cards may have been exposed, and so far 2,400 cards have been fraudulently used, wrote Neiman Marcus CIO Michael R. Kingston in the letter, posted on Blumenthal’s website.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2091080/neiman-marcus-says-complex-malware-defeated-its-security.html#tk.rss_all
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