UPS Store Malware Likely Hit Many Other Companies

[Paul Wagenseil]

The U.S. government said the credit-card-stealing Backoff malware that hit UPS Stores had infected many other companies.

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[Christopher1]

Companies should be REQUIRED to make intrusions like this public when they find them, so that people can properly gauge the risk of using those companies. I know that an attack like this is hard to impossible to prevent but..... I still want to know when it has happened.

 

[dgingeri]

These guys have earned the wrath of the Secret Service. They will be hunted down now, there is no doubt. They'll be crucified even worse than Lulzsec. The Secret Service is even more capable than the FBI in investigation skills.

 

[ddpruitt]

One has to wonder why the credit card info isn't encrypted in hardware before being transferred to RAM. It would eliminate a number of different attack vectors.