ADP Says Hackers Targeted Clients in Phishing Scam

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via Reuters.

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Automatic Data Processing, the payroll processor, on Friday said hackers
stole business contact information about clients from a third-party
database and were now sending bogus and potentially harmful e-mails.

ADP said the information taken did not contain social security numbers,
bank accounts, passwords or confidential data. ADP said its own systems
were not attacked.

However, the stolen e-mail addresses were being used to send bogus e-mails
that look like they have a valid ADP address. The fictitious e-mails, which
began appearing about 24 hours earlier on Thursday, have "malicious"
attachments and are believed to have been sent to compromise data of the
recipients, ADP said.

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More:
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSWNAS412220070915

- - ferg

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