The United States Secret Service estimated more than 1,000 businesses have been infected by the “Backoff” point-of-sale malware, and many of them are unaware they have been compromised, according to a Department of Homeland Security advisory.
USIS, which performs background checks for the Department of Homeland Security, revealed that it was hacked earlier this month. The same company vetted Edward Snowden for the government.
By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) – A cyber attack at a company that performs background checks for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security compromised data of at least 25,000 government workers, and that number could rise, an agency official said on Friday. The official told Reuters that DHS plans to notify approximately 25,000 employees that […]
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