Timothy Sipples wrote:
The press reports indicated that one (or more) Microsoft Windows servers
at CardSystems became infected by a worm which exploited a security
vulnerability in the operating system. The Windows servers were
processing credit cards directly and/or had trusted access to an Oracle
database that held credit card numbers. The worm had network access to
the public Internet to transmit its findings, which it did.
[...]
Sounds pretty directly related to the OS, but I'm just going by what I
read in the press. (That's a quick summary of the press information.) Do
you have any more (or different) details than I read? I'd appreciate
hearing more because it will help other customers understand better how to
prevent such incidents in the future.
Timothy,
I din't know, it was because of worm. I read, it was due to
irresponsibility of system administrators. It seems, I read "wrong
version of true". My fault. I'm sorry for that.
Yes, you're right, it *is* related to the OS.
--
Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
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