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Russian Hack Attack Highlighted

A successful domain name server attack on a large Russian payment processor could be a sign of things to come, a U.S.-based online security firm warns.

By Marc Rapport | Updated on April 27, 2011

A successful domain name server attack on a large Russian payment processor could be a sign of things to come, a U.S.-based online security firm warns.

According to the fourth-quarter 2010 e-crime report just issued by Internet Identity, a Tacoma, Wash. provider of online security services to financial institutions and other e-commerce enterprises, cyber fraudsters hacked the Internet domain of ChronoPay on Dec. 25 and 26, a DNS attack that redirected users to a bogus site and collected approximately 800 credit card numbers from customers.

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