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Oregon Department of Revenue officials thought they were tightly secured against data theft. An elaborate firewall around their computer system fended off hackers. Virus detection software, updated every two hours, constantly screened incoming e-mail and downloads for malicious programs.
But the technology did not stop an employee from using an office computer to surf porn sites and download a Trojan horse, a hidden spyware program not yet known to intrusion-detection software. The Trojan installed itself Jan. 5 and for the next four months secretly captured and relayed data to the hackers who created it.
More than 1,300 taxpayers are now at risk of identity theft. The Department of Revenue, which disclosed the security breach Tuesday, said the confidential data consisted of Social Security numbers, names and addresses but included no tax records or financial or credit card information.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1150253715120440.xml&coll=7
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But the technology did not stop an employee from using an office computer to surf porn sites and download a Trojan horse, a hidden spyware program not yet known to intrusion-detection software. The Trojan installed itself Jan. 5 and for the next four months secretly captured and relayed data to the hackers who created it.
More than 1,300 taxpayers are now at risk of identity theft. The Department of Revenue, which disclosed the security breach Tuesday, said the confidential data consisted of Social Security numbers, names and addresses but included no tax records or financial or credit card information.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1150253715120440.xml&coll=7
http://www.funnyhub.com/pictures/img/female-mouse.jpg
