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U.S. Republican group hit by Russian-linked virus: researcher
Source: Reuters
POLITICS | Thu Oct 6, 2016 | 3:37pm EDT
U.S. Republican group hit by Russian-linked virus: researcher
A U.S. Republican Party website selling campaign stickers and other political gear is among thousands of websites infected with a credit-card stealing virus that sent data to a server in Russia, according to a Dutch security researcher.
A page on the National Republican Senatorial Committee's website selling stickers, T-shirts and baseball caps was infected with a hard-to-detect virus that collected all information entered on orders, including buyers' names and addresses, credit card numbers and merchandise ordered, according to the researcher, Willem de Groot.
De Groot, co-founder of Dutch e-commerce company Byte, said that he learned of the infection after conducting a web scan to find sites infected with the virus. "I don’t think it was a targeted attack," de Groot told Reuters.
Other victims include clothing retailers, car manufacturers and local shops. He declined to identify them, saying he had not had time to notify them of the infection.
The NRSC took down the website on Thursday and acknowledged that it had been targeted by a "skimming operation".
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U.S. Republican group hit by Russian-linked virus: researcher
A U.S. Republican Party website selling campaign stickers and other political gear is among thousands of websites infected with a credit-card stealing virus that sent data to a server in Russia, according to a Dutch security researcher.
A page on the National Republican Senatorial Committee's website selling stickers, T-shirts and baseball caps was infected with a hard-to-detect virus that collected all information entered on orders, including buyers' names and addresses, credit card numbers and merchandise ordered, according to the researcher, Willem de Groot.
De Groot, co-founder of Dutch e-commerce company Byte, said that he learned of the infection after conducting a web scan to find sites infected with the virus. "I don’t think it was a targeted attack," de Groot told Reuters.
Other victims include clothing retailers, car manufacturers and local shops. He declined to identify them, saying he had not had time to notify them of the infection.
The NRSC took down the website on Thursday and acknowledged that it had been targeted by a "skimming operation".
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-republicans-idUSKCN12623K
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