Dan Kaplan of SC Magazine reports that five people have been arrested for illegally accessing computer systems belonging to unnamed U.S. pharmaceutical companies.
The hackers allegedly installed keylogger software to steal card data on point-of-sales systems.
Lucian Constantin reports that according to a DIICOT press release (in Romanian), the remote administration system used by the companies was the entry point for the hackers. The hacks reportedly began in November 2007. Constantin also reports:
Two of the suspects have received temporary 29-day arrest terms, while the rest have been released after 24 hours. All of them will face charges of unauthorized access to a computer system and intercepting electronic data, performing fraudulent financial operations by utilizing electronic payment methods, as well as money laundering, under Romanian law.
So…. does anyone remember seeing any U.S. pharmaceutical company report a hack/keylogger breach, because I don’t.