RSA SecurID token attack hits Australian companies
The aftermath of the RSA SecurID token attack which occurred in March and led to the replacement of thousands of tokens, has continued with the revelation that customers of Australian Internet service providers, including Telstra and iiNet, may have been compromised.
This was because hackers used the same command and control techniques that infiltrated RSA to target 760 companies around the world.
US-based security blogger, Brian Krebs, who has compiled a list of the companies targeted, wrote that many of the network owners listed are ISPs and were included because some of their subscribers were hit. "It is not clear how many systems in each of these companies or networks were compromised, for how long those intrusions persisted, or whether the attackers successfully stole sensitive information from all of the victims," Krebs wrote.
