CRITICAL EXPOSURE
Sector: Payment Processing
Heartland Payment Systems
Targeted Breach
Cybercriminal Albert Gonzalez and his accomplices used SQL injection to install sniffer programs on Heartland's corporate network. They captured credit card data in transit to processors across 250,000 businesses.
Total Assets Compromised
130 Million Credit Cards
Primary Kill Chain Vector
SQL Injection & Sniffers
Incident Timeline Marker
January 2009
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