North East is a mecca for data theft
Posted by Mario Vuksan on Fri, Jul 25, 2008
It seems that hackers love attacking the North East. First the
TJX Breach, then the Hannaford Brothers, and
now the Okemo Mountain Resort in Vermont and
in Connecticut. Even
Dave & Buster's has locations in Rhode Island and New York. These targets are very lucrative places for credit card numbers as New Englanders seem to be quite wealthy to various, Russian, Ukrainian and Estonian eyes. Law enforcement reported at least 50 such investigations in the
North East alone!. It is imperative to employ Application Whitelisting in locking down attack beach heads - the point of sale machines -- to turn the tide.