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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Broad New Hacking Attack Detected


Who knew the Chicoms have a stake in the SC Comptroller and Education Commissioner races?


Global Offensive Snagged Corporate, Personal Data at nearly 2,500 Companies; Operation Is Still Running


From The Wall Street Journal
By Siobhan Gorman

Hackers in Europe and China successfully broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies over the last 18 months in a coordinated global attack that exposed vast amounts of personal and corporate secrets to theft, according to a computer-security company that discovered the breach.

The damage from the latest cyberattack is still being assessed, and affected companies are still being notified. But data compiled by NetWitness, the closely held firm that discovered the breaches, showed that hackers gained access to a wide array of data at 2,411 companies, from credit-card transactions to intellectual property.

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