Hacking

Hackers have stolen customer data from Titan Manufacturing and Distributing company for nearly one year

Cyber criminals have stolen customer data from the Titan Manufacturing and Distributing company for nearly one year using a malware.

Hackers hit the Titan Manufacturing and Distributing company and compromised its computer system to steal customer payment card data for an entire year. 

Attackers breached into the computer system at Titan Manufacturing and Distributing company to steal customer payment card data for roughly a year. 

The company confirmed that hackers were able to install malware in its system in 2017, the malicious code remained undetected between November 23, 2017 and October 25, 2018.

The malware was used by attackers to steal financial data of customers who purchased goods from one of the company online stores.
The malicious code was designed to user information, including name, billing address, telephone number, payment card number, expiration date, and verification code.

Titan Manufacturing and Distributing company doesn’t store this information, but the malware was designed to access shopping cart and siphon financial data from the website. 

Users that have purchased products in the above period might have been affected by the security breach.

“Titan has confirmed through an IT security expert that its computer system has been compromised by malware that could have been present from approximately November 23, 2017 until October 25, 2018. ” reads the letter sent to its customers.

“Titan Manufacturing and Distributing, Inc. values your business and recognizes the importance of the security of your information. For these reasons, we are writing to let you know, as a precautionary measure, that Titan has been the victim of a data security incident that may involve your information,” the company says. 

The company is investigating the incident with the help of a cyber security firm.

At the time is still unknown the number of affected customers, according to a letter sent by Titan’s external counsel Butler & Snow to the Washington State Attorney General, the number of affected residents were 1,838. 

According to the experts, the malware used in the attack is similar to the one used by Magecart crime gang that targeted numerous e-commerce websites.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – Magecart, hacking)

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.

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