No credit card data breach in N.H. server case

Computerworld reports

An FBI investigation has concluded that no consumer credit or debit card information was stolen from a New Hampshire state computer server in February because a suspect Cain & Abel password recovery program found on the hardware had never been activated.

In an announcement on Friday, New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte said that the FBI probe determined that no data theft occurred because the program, which can be misused by hackers for malicious purposes, was never run. “As a result of this finding, the state has concluded that it is very unlikely that any credit card or debit card information was accessed by identity thieves,” Ayotte said in a statement.