1. Research on the net one company whose database system has been attacked by virus, bugs, hacks, and other IT crimes.
-Citibank Hack Blamed for Alleged ATM Crime Spree
2. What adverse effects did these things do to the database systems and to the company in general?
-aparently the first to be publicly linked to the breach of a major U.S. bank's systems.A computer intrusion into a Citibank server that processes ATM withdrawals led to two Brooklyn men making hundreds of fraudulent withdrawals from New York City cash machines in February, pocketing at least $750,000 in cash, according to federal prosecutors.
The ATM crime spree is
3. What corrective measures were done to address these problems?
-Citibank was taciturn at the time, when New Yorkers began noticing that their ATM withdrawal limits had been slashed in half. The bank told the New York Daily News that the move was a response to "isolated fraudulent activity" in New York. In an earlier incident in 2006, Citibank put transaction holds on some Citi-branded MasterCard debit cards. In that case, the action was later linked to a breach at office-supply retailer OfficeMax. That intrusion remains unsolved.
4. What are the preventive measures of the company so that their database systems and resources can be protected?
-Citibank identified all of the account numbers involved in ATM withdrawals during the period that the server was compromised … and established a fraud alert system that notifies Citibank each time one of the compromised Citibank account numbers is used," the affidavit reads.
That language suggests that the attackers may not have had access to stored account numbers and PINs, but instead were tapping into transactions in real time to vacuum up PIN codes as they flew past.
5. Cite your reference.
-http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/citibank-atm-se.htm
-Citibank Hack Blamed for Alleged ATM Crime Spree
2. What adverse effects did these things do to the database systems and to the company in general?
-aparently the first to be publicly linked to the breach of a major U.S. bank's systems.A computer intrusion into a Citibank server that processes ATM withdrawals led to two Brooklyn men making hundreds of fraudulent withdrawals from New York City cash machines in February, pocketing at least $750,000 in cash, according to federal prosecutors.
The ATM crime spree is
3. What corrective measures were done to address these problems?
-Citibank was taciturn at the time, when New Yorkers began noticing that their ATM withdrawal limits had been slashed in half. The bank told the New York Daily News that the move was a response to "isolated fraudulent activity" in New York. In an earlier incident in 2006, Citibank put transaction holds on some Citi-branded MasterCard debit cards. In that case, the action was later linked to a breach at office-supply retailer OfficeMax. That intrusion remains unsolved.
4. What are the preventive measures of the company so that their database systems and resources can be protected?
-Citibank identified all of the account numbers involved in ATM withdrawals during the period that the server was compromised … and established a fraud alert system that notifies Citibank each time one of the compromised Citibank account numbers is used," the affidavit reads.
That language suggests that the attackers may not have had access to stored account numbers and PINs, but instead were tapping into transactions in real time to vacuum up PIN codes as they flew past.
5. Cite your reference.
-http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/citibank-atm-se.htm
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