It turns out the malware that was used to target Target, Nieman-Marcus, and other retailers has been around for years, and was written by a 17-year-old from St Petersburg, Russia. The malware goes by the name BlackPOS and is incredibly easy to find, if one is in that "business."
This news is incredibly mind-boggling. And, oh, by the way, it uses security holes in Windows software.
The NSA missed this one -- imagine what professionals out of China, Russian, and Romania can do if a 17-year-old was able to do this and remain undetected for weeks.
I find it strange that the federal government has not made any public statement on this.
No links: the story is everywhere and is easily googled.
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