Russian Trojan “Gozi” involved in big ID theft ring
ZDNet reports on a recently discovered ID theft ring that is based in Russia and has stolen thousands of identities. Ryan Naraine writes:
Researchers at SecureWorks have stumbled upon what appears to be a massive identity theft ring using state-of-the-art Trojan code to steal confidential data from thousands of infected machines in the U.S.
The Trojan, which connects to a server in Russia, has so far pilfered information from more than 5,200 home computers with 10,000 account records. The records retrieved included account numbers and passwords from clients of many of the top global banks and financial services companies (over 30 banks and credit unions were represented), the top US retailers, and the leading online retailers.
The original report from SecureWorks is at this link.
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