Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-11-15 00:00:00
Affected organization: Three unnamed firms in the hospitality sector
Affected country: Undetermined
Industry: Accommodation and Food Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts,Exploitation of Sensors
Motive: Financial
Actor: Carbanak
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Spain
Description: Trustwave researchers spot the Carbanak cybergang using a new socially engineered trick to spread point-of-sale (POS) malware to businesses in the hospitality industry.