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Magecart Hackers Open Fire at Smith & Wesson Customers

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Dissent

Phil Muncaster reports:

Digital skimming hackers have been in action again, this time targeting the website of a leading US gun-maker and its customers.c

Springfield, Massachusetts-based Smith & Wesson was attacked on Black Friday, during one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year, according to Sanguine Security.

The security vendor’s forensics man, Willem de Groot, warned on Twitter that although the skimming code was injected into the site last Wednesday, November 27, it was still active as of Monday, December 2.

Read more on InfoSecurity Magazine.


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