Planted Malware Leaves Kentucky County Short of $415,000

PH3N0M · Jul 4, 2009, 04:58 PM

Kentucky's Bullitt County fell victim to an elaborate scam that involved an online banking trojan and timed money transfers to Ukraine. As a result of the attack, which involved 25 innocent U.S. residents who were tricked, the county's bank account was left short of around $415,000.

Washington Post's Security Fix blog reports that the incident started on June 22, when attackers succeeded to install a Zbot variant on the computer used by Bullitt County's treasurer. Zbot, also known as Zeus, is a banking information stealing trojan that has been particularly active at the end of June.
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Jul 4, 2009, 04:58 PM	#1
PH3N0M The Master of Sarcasm Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The U.S. of A Posts: 348 Rep Power: 35 System Specs	Planted Malware Leaves Kentucky County Short of $415,000 Kentucky's Bullitt County fell victim to an elaborate scam that involved an online banking trojan and timed money transfers to Ukraine. As a result of the attack, which involved 25 innocent U.S. residents who were tricked, the county's bank account was left short of around $415,000. Washington Post's Security Fix blog reports that the incident started on June 22, when attackers succeeded to install a Zbot variant on the computer used by Bullitt County's treasurer. Zbot, also known as Zeus, is a banking information stealing trojan that has been particularly active at the end of June. _____________ Source: Softpedia __________________