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Follow on Google News | When it comes to big companiesWhite House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Sunday that President Barack Obama had been briefed on Lockheed attack and that the damage was understood to be "fairly minimal."
By: mudy At Hyundai Card, a pair of hackers in South Korea gained access to the company's databases and downloaded personal information on 1.7 million customers. After the company contacted police, it agreed to pay part of what hackers sought. Police arrested the hackers after one was recorded by an ATM video camera as the hacker tried to withdraw some of the ransom. The company has since revamped its IT operation and begun an overhaul of its cybersecurity. The fake article first appeared late Sunday night on the PBS "NewsHour" news blog, "The Rundown." The group then posted a string of Twitter messages in which it took credit for the breach, beginning with a post that read, "Oh s—, what happened to @PBS?" followed shortly after by the post, "What's wrong with @PBS…? How come their database is seized? Why are passwords cracked? :( ." The group then posted links to pages with the login information for the PBS sites.Shortly after the story was published, PBS "NewsHour" posted several messages on Twitter stating that the article wasn't produced by PBS and that the site had been hacked. Separately, Lockheed said Saturday evening that the company's information- "Our systems remain secure; no customer, program or employee personal data has been compromised," Speculation around the Lockheed attack centered on whether hackers may have breached the system by exploiting a vulnerability in SecurID electronic keys made by RSA. In a memo to employees on Sunday, Lockheed Chief Information Officer Sondra Barbour said the company "took swift and deliberate actions" to step up security, including shutting down a virtual private network, resetting user passwords and upgrading SecurID tokens, among other measures. Still, that attack is likely to ripple throughout the defense industry. Lockheed supplies some of the most sophisticated weaponry to the U.S. military and is a major provider of information technology to the federal government. The company, based in Bethesda, Md., also is a top international supplier of military and security hardware, employing around 126,000 people world-wide. "When it comes to big companies or big banks, no CEO is that stupid not to pay attention. But maybe they pay the same attention I did, which is giving encouragement and budget to IT but then saying 'What do I know about programming? The latest attacks demonstrate a diversity of motives. Those who attacked Hyundai Card/Hyundai Capital tried to extract ransom for a database they stole. With Epsilon, the hackers made off with email addresses that could be used to send "phishing" emails that trick recipients into disclosing personal information. At RSA, the perpetrators stole data about security systems that the company sells to its clients,at http://www.onlinenewshop.com/ With PBS, a group identifying itself as LulzSec claimed credit for the fake article on Tupac Shakur, which the group said was retaliation for a documentary, "WikiSecrets," # # # We are a wholesaler in China, specilized in light industry, such as cloth, shoes, toys. Owning to the high quality and competitve price, our products had won great popularity all over the world. Hope to establish a long pleasant relationships with you. End
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