Indonesian police arrest 3 men for alleged Magecart-style attacks
Police in Indonesia have arrested three men accused of inserting malicious code into e-commerce websites to steal shoppers’ payment data, an emerging hacking technique that scammers have used to pilfer victims’ information while avoiding detection. Interpol announced Monday it coordinated a law enforcement operation that identified hundreds of websites that had been infected with malicious software used to collect customers’ financial data and personal details. Three men, identified only by their initials, were arrested on Dec. 20 in Jakarta and Yogyakarta, for allegedly using the stolen data to purchase electronics and other luxury items, then reselling that merchandise for a profit. By relying a malicious tool that attacked the JavaScript programming language, this group used a technique known as a Magecart-style attack to carry out the digital equivalent of a smash-and-grab robbery. At least a dozen so-called Magecart groups use similar techniques to steal data from victims that have included […]
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