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IP: FBI: Russia & Ukraine hackers have grabbed more than 1 million stolen credit card numbers
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 17:27:24 -0500
X-Sender: mom () mail netmom com Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 17:25:25 -0500 To: farber () central cis upenn edu (David Farber) From: Jean Armour Polly <mom () netmom com> Subject: FBI: Russia & Ukraine hackers have grabbed more than 1 million stolen credit card numbers http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/08/hacker.attacks/index.html WASHINGTON (CNN) -- FBI officials announced Thursday that ongoing computer hacking by organized criminal groups in Russia and the Ukraine have now resulted in more than 1 million stolen credit card numbers, and officials urged U.S. companies to take steps to combat the attacks. The FBI says the hacking operations have now attacked more than 40 U.S. computer systems associated e-commerce or e-banking firms located in 20 states. The FBI says the Eastern European groups, after successfully hacking into a company, then attempt to extort the company offering services to solve the computer vulnerability. <snip> "Despite previous advisories, many computer owners have not patched their systems, allowing these kinds of attacks to continue, and prompting this updated release of information," the FBI said. The groups have exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows NT operating systems. The vulnerabilities were originally reported and addressed in Microsoft Security Bulletins as early as 1998. The FBI says Microsoft discovered the vulnerabilities and developed and publicized patches to fix them. Computer users can download these patches free of charge. <snip> -- Jean Armour Polly Author, The Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages http://www.netmom.com/ "Search engines are science, but directories are art." Net-mom says, "Have you labeled your site yet?" http://www.icra.org/
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