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Hackers-for-hire raided 300 banks, corporates for TWELVE YEARS

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Dissent

Darren Pauli reports:

A band of hackers for hire have raided some 300 banks, corporations and governments undetected for 12 years, possibly the longest campaign of its kind.

The German hackers registered 800 front businesses in the UK to target and fully compromise organisations in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria at the request of customers.

Elite Cyber Solutions chief executive Jonathan Gad said the damage done to companies since the attacks began in 2002 was “immeasurable”.

Read more on The Register.

Related: Cybertinel report on Operation Harkonnen

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