China-based Cyber Attack Targets Department of Defense Access Cards

China-based Cyber Attack Targets DoD Access Cards

January 24, 2012
Military.com|by Mike Hoffman
Cyber security firms have discovered a computer virus that uses servicemembers’ network security cards to hack into government networks.

How does it work? servicemembers receive an email with an official-looking PDF file connected to the virus that allows it to record keystrokes, said Jaime Blasco, lab manager for Alien Vault, a California-based cyber security firm. The virus then collects a service member’s personal identification number associated with a Common Access Card when he logs into a government computer.
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