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Russian teen was author of malware behind Target, Neiman Marcus, other attacks

article published on 20 January, 2014

According to security firm IntelCrawler, a Russian teenager was the author of the malware that was used in attacks on Target, Neiman Marcus and other retailers that has so far revealed credit, debit card and other personal information on over 70 million customers. The report states that the teen has sold over 60 versions of the software to cyber criminals, suggesting more attacks are on the horizon. ... [ read the full article ]

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gnovak1
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20. January 2014 @ 08:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Bury the sucker. These people should spend life in prison, teenager or no teenager.
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20. January 2014 @ 10:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by gnovak1:
Bury the sucker. These people should spend life in prison, teenager or no teenager.
think the government should hire him/her or a software developer should hire him/her.

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ivymike
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20. January 2014 @ 17:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
A script kiddie......I knew it.
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21. January 2014 @ 12:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by gnovak1:
Bury the sucker. These people should spend life in prison, teenager or no teenager.
Agreed!

Either that or just TURN HIM!
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22. January 2014 @ 01:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Government will never turn a "Black Hat" they lack the morals of our society's productive citizens, they can try to flip him but I guarantee when he goes Rouge it will be the same people who all the sudden changed their minds and pointing the finger asking why they would hire him in the first place.
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22. January 2014 @ 08:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Menion:
Government will never turn a "Black Hat" they lack the morals of our society's productive citizens, they can try to flip him but I guarantee when he goes Rouge it will be the same people who all the sudden changed their minds and pointing the finger asking why they would hire him in the first place.
Sounds very "James Bondian".

Its a lot easier being righteous than right.

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22. January 2014 @ 12:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Jemborg:
Originally posted by Menion:
Government will never turn a "Black Hat" they lack the morals of our society's productive citizens, they can try to flip him but I guarantee when he goes Rouge it will be the same people who all the sudden changed their minds and pointing the finger asking why they would hire him in the first place.
Sounds very "James Bondian".
Naw.......Bourne Identityish
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6. February 2014 @ 09:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by hearme0:
Originally posted by Jemborg:
Originally posted by Menion:
Government will never turn a "Black Hat" they lack the morals of our society's productive citizens, they can try to flip him but I guarantee when he goes Rouge it will be the same people who all the sudden changed their minds and pointing the finger asking why they would hire him in the first place.
Sounds very "James Bondian".
Naw.......Bourne Identityish
I think more Austin Powerian...

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