Cybercriminals hack Staples to steal millions in gift cards
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Cybercriminals hack Staples to steal millions in gift cards

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 21, 20269 min
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Staples Gift Card Hack, Nikkei's Third Breach, Burger King Japan Leak, Broadcom Wi‑Fi "Foreverday," and Ledger Spy Implants Host David Shipley covers a Chinese crime ring that breached Staples by abusing heap dump requests to hijack customer service sessions, issuing over 15,000 gift cards worth more than $5 million and redeeming thousands at retailers before merchandise was shipped to China; three Chinese nationals were sentenced and DOJ says the wider ring obtained over $100 million in gift cards. The episode also details Nikkei's third breach in a month, where stolen credentials exposed 1.83 million cloud records, plus prior in...

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A crime ring hacks into staples and goes on a gift card shopping spree. Nikkei discloses its third breach in a month. Burger King Japan serves up 11 million customer records. A Broadcom Wi-Fi flaw that may never be fixed.

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And spy chips hidden inside hardware crypto wallets. This is Cybersecurity Today for Wednesday, October 21st, and I'm your host David Shipley. Let's get started. A Chinese organized crime ring broke into staples, printed itself millions of dollars in gift cards, and went shopping. 404 Media reports the breach is laid out in a search warrant application unsealed last week. The document doesn't name the company.

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404 Media identified staples through matching clues. A Massachusetts headquarters, Black Hawk Network handling its gift card orders, and an internal customer support system called Nexus. The cyber criminals reached it from outside

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