Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-12-14 00:00:00
Affected organization: Unnamed gas station in North America
Affected country: Undetermined
Industry: Retail Trade
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Sensors
Motive: Financial
Actor: FIN8
Actor type: Undetermined
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Payments processor VISA says North American merchants who operate gas stations and gas pumps are facing a rash of attacks from cybercrime groups wanting to deploy point-of-sale (POS) malware on their networks. VISA has identified two specific attacks which were attributed to FIN8.