Hacker Group “Magecart” Skims Credit Cards from Newegg for Over a Month

https://www.riskiq.com/blog/labs/magecart-newegg/

Magecart, a hacking group known for skimming credit credits from websites, attacked Newegg after their successful attack on British Airways. Magecart created a website similar in name to Newegg and obtained a certificate by Comodo, a cyber security company, to lend an air of credence to their domain. The group then placed the skimmer on the checkout page on Newegg and was able to skim credit cards from August 14th to September 18th. The base code for the skimmer was comparable to the skimmer the group used to skim credit cards from the British Airways website. Since the skimmer was active for over a month at a popular website for computer parts and other computer accessories the amount of credit cards skimmed is assumed to be very large. If you know of any credit cards that were used at Newegg within the month it is recommended to get in touch with your credit card provider and receive a new card.

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