IP: FBI: Russia & Ukraine hackers have grabbed more than 1 million stolen credit card numbers

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> 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>
> --
>
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