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Alleged Hacker Calls Off Attack On Major US Banks
Upwards of 30 major U.S. banks and financial institutions have been given a reprieve. The hacker behind a coordinated attack against giants such as Bank of America, Chase, Citibank, PNC, Wells Fargo and nearly two dozen other banks has called off the operation after media reports surfaced a month ago exposing the planned attacks.
Known as vorVzakone, the Russian has pulled back on his attempt to recruit 100 botmasters for massiveman-in-the-middle attacks against American banks. Security blog Krebs on Security named vorVzakone as the mastermind behind the wire-fraud campaign.
“Based on a communication posted following the media hype, vorVzakone has since given up on his attack plans for now,” said Daniel Cohen, head of business development for online threats managed services at RSA. “As a result, he has retreated to the deeper Web where we believe he may regroup and plan his attack albeit more secretly READMOREHERE
