More than one thousand companies in the United States have been hard hit by cyber attack that paralyzed internal cash register systems of major US retailers such as Target, Supervalu and UPS.
A new council published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday afternoon, said the attacks have done more harm than previously reported. In fact, hackers are now busy pilfering data stolen millions of credit and debit cards belonging to US clients. Neither customers nor companies are aware of this.
The malware that attacked these systems has been dubbed backoff. Backoff debuted in October 2013. It may scratch the memory contents of cash registers, a.k.a point of sale (POS) systems used in the checkout line, and get credit card data. It is able to monitor keyboard strokes and communicate with remote servers.
Last year, the malware Backoff affected many companies in the United States. At least seven PDS system suppliers have confirmed that many of their clients have been affected by malware.
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