A contractor that provides HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) services for Target Corp. said on Thursday that like Target, it too was a victim of a sophisticated cyber attack. The attack against the contractor, Fazio Mechanical Services, supports earlier claims that it was the vendor attackers stole credentials from in order to breach the […]
By Mark Hosenball WEDNESDAY (Reuters) – The Target Corp hackers managed to break into its payments network by first breaching a data connection between the U.S. retailer and its heating and ventilation systems contractor, a representative for the contractor said on Thursday. The data connection was used by the vendor, Fazio Mechanical Services, to bill […]
People close to the investigation into the data breach suffered by Target have revealed that the attackers stole the credentials used to penetrate the retailer’s systems from Fazio Mechanical Services, a Pennsylvania-based company that provides heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) services.
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