Chapter 21SQL Injection
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In March 2010, serial computer hacker Albert Gonzalez was convicted for his role in the largest identity theft in history. He acquired an estimated 130 million credit and debit card numbers by hacking into ATM machines and payment systems of several major retail store chains and the credit-card processing companies that serve them.
Gonzales broke the previous record, which he also held, for stealing 45.6 million credit and debit card numbers in 2006. He performed that earlier crime by exploiting vulnerable wireless networks.
How did Gonzalez nearly triple his own record? We imagine a daring plot from a James Bond movie, with black-clad agents rappelling down elevators ...
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