Submission + - Sophisticated Computer Crime Uncovered (reuters.com)
Ichabod writes: Sophisticated computer criminals stole data from UniSys, Booz Allen, L-3 Communications, Hewlett Packard and Hughes Network Systems. It sounds like they used a combination of social hacking, undetected low-profile malware (reportedly NTOS.exe), compromised Yahoo accounts to steal, encrypt and store sensitive data. An international investigation appears imminent.
Yes, unfortunately Reuters calls the criminals "hackers" further blackening the once-revered title.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1 638118020070717
