Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-08-08 00:00:00
Affected organization: MICROS
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of Sensors
Motive: Financial
Actor: Carbanak
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Spain
Description: The Carbanak Gang appears to have compromised a customer support portal for companies using Oracle's MICROS point-of-sale credit card payment systems, and used that access to steal administrative credentials and implant malicious code on 700 terminals.