Hackers managed to steal information from theUS Department of Transportationand
several firms by using fake job listings for employees, reports
Reuters.
Companies affected by the data breach included consulting firm
Booz Allen, HP, satellite network provider
Hughes Network Systems, and
Unisys.
The breach was originally disclosed by UK internet security firm
Prevx, Reuters reports. The job ads were sent via e-mail to a small
number of employees and contained malware, said Prevx.
Once information was grabbed from corporate PCs, the information
was redirected to a rogue website hosted by Yahoo.
It is believed information was stolen from around 1,000
corporate PCs. The FBI is now investigating the reported
breaches.
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