John Markoff reports: Ever since Google disclosed in January that Internet intruders had stolen information from its computers, the exact nature and extent of the theft has been a closely guarded company secret. But a person with direct knowledge of the investigation now says that the losses included one of Google’s crown jewels, a password…
Category: Malware
Germany named Europe’s top computer virus culprit
Germany hung onto its dubious title as Europe’s leader in spreading computer viruses in 2009, though its share of malicious activity in the region dropped slightly, a survey has found. Some 12 percent of malicious software circulating in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2009 was deliberately spread via computers in Germany, the study…
(follow-up) Bank Worker Pleads Guilty to Hacking 100 ATMs
As a follow-up to a case reported here previously, Kim Zetter reports that a former Bank of America employee, Rodney Reed Caverly, pleaded guilty Tuesday to installing malware on more than 100 ATMs, and stealing $304,000 over a seven-month period. Authorities were able to recover at least $167,000 in cash after the worker told U.S….
Data stolen from 95,000 credit card customers
Kim Mi-ju reports: A single information trafficker managed to steal the personal data of more than 95,000 Korean credit card users – and sell it to thieves who created cloned credit cards, police said Sunday. Police said a Romanian used the Internet to install spyware in point-of-sale systems at 36 large discount stores, restaurants and…
BofA insider to plead guilty to hacking ATMs
Robert McMillan reports: A Bank of America computer specialist is set to plead guilty to charges that he hacked the bank’s automated tellers to dispense cash without recording the activity. Rodney Reed Caverly, of Charlotte, North Carolina, is scheduled to plead guilty to a computer fraud charge next Tuesday in federal court in Charlotte, according…
Gateway Community College also reported breach
So while I was looking for information on the Three Rivers Community College report, I stumbled across another incident handled by csIDentity.com. The page is no longer available except in Google’s cache: During a recent security review of the computers at Gateway Community College, it was discovered that certain personal information associated with a number…