This rogue software gives cyber thieves access to all of the important card data that is transferred during a card swipe.
What's particularly alarming in the case of Uber is that the compromised information included GPS information, giving cyber criminals access to records detailing where the user traveled to and from throughout the day.
Patients' first contact with the NHS in 20 years time will be via interactive "cyber-physicians" accessed through domestic television sets, according to a government-sponsored study.
Reports surfaced last week that the cyber-intruders accessed Targets' systems by first hacking one of their (comparatively) small regional contractors, Fazio Mechanical Services.
In 2015, the Internal Revenue Service IRSS) paid $3.1 billion in fraudulent tax returns due to identity theft, after cyber-criminals accessed 390,000 taxpayer accounts through an unsecure IRS web portal.
This vulnerability could allow cyber criminals to access your company's systems and empty its bank accounts, destroy its reputation, or even put it out of business.
"We will set national open standards for data, interoperability, privacy and confidentiality, real-time data access, cyber security and access rules," the vision grandly envisages.
The fact that Cyber Berkut had access to that investigative article, written by journalist Elena Vinogradova, before it went live indicated the hackers were spying on her publication, though Citizen Lab could not confirm any breach.
The Anthem data breach was significant, with cyber criminals gaining access to names, social security numbers, date of birth, addresses, phone numbers, medical IDs and more from the company's customers.
