By Jaikumar Vijayan , Computerworld , 11/04/2008 A New York man has been charged with providing co-conspirators with a 'sniffer' program for capturing payment card data as it traveled across corporate networks, apparently the latest person to be indicted in connection with data breaches at TJX Companies Inc and other major retailers. Stephen Watt, 25, of New York, was charged in U.S. District Court in Boston on Oct. 29 with unlawful access to computers, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. Read the latest WhitePaper - Protecting Data on Laptops: Why Encryption Isn't Enough The indictment makes no direct mention of Watt's role in a series of breaches at major retailers such as TJX, BJ's Wholesale Club, DSW Inc., OfficeMax Inc., Boston market, Barnes and Noble Inc., Sports Authority and Forever 21. But it...
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