http://www.crn.com/security/209903419



By Stefanie Hoffman

ChannelWeb

Aug. 05, 2008



A U.S. federal grand jury indicted 11 people Tuesday on charges that 

included the alleged theft of more than 45 million credit and debit card 

numbers from retail giant TJX in what officials call one of the largest 

data heists in history.



The U.S. Attorney's office in Boston said that the individuals indicted 

were responsible for "wardriving" and then hacking into wireless 

networks of numerous retailers, including TJX companies, BJ's Wholesale 

Club, OfficeMax (NYSE:OMX), Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, Sports 

Authority, forever 21 and DFW Inc. in order to steal tens of millions of 

credit card numbers.



The Framington, Mass.-based retail giant TJX, which owns discount 

clothing stores TJ Maxx and Marshall's, was by far the hardest hit, 

suffering a loss of 45.7 million card numbers, which the retailer 

revealed in March of 2007.



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