Meet The Man Who Uncovered The Target Hack

Meet The Man Who Uncovered The Target Hack
FILE - This Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, file photo, shows a Target retail chain logo on the exterior of a Target store in Watertown, Mass. The hackers who stole millions of credit and debit card numbers from Target may have used a Pittsburgh-area heating and refrigeration business as the back door to get in. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
FILE - This Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, file photo, shows a Target retail chain logo on the exterior of a Target store in Watertown, Mass. The hackers who stole millions of credit and debit card numbers from Target may have used a Pittsburgh-area heating and refrigeration business as the back door to get in. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

SAN FRANCISCO — In the last year, Eastern European cybercriminals have stolen Brian Krebs’s identity a half dozen times, brought down his website, included his name and some unpleasant epithets in their malware code, sent fecal matter and heroin to his doorstep, and called a SWAT team to his home just as his mother was arriving for dinner.

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