Romania Focus Of Data Breach Investigation

Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.

Editor’s Note: In May 2011, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled “Pentagon: Cyber Attacks Can Count as Acts of War.” The article began, “The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first time opens the door for the U.S. to respond using traditional military force.”

Investigators looking into the massive data breach at Target and Neiman Marcus stores originated in Romania.

The total of customers whose personal data was stolen in a hacking attack on retail card machines continues to climb.  The latest reports now put the total over 110,000 potential victims of the hacking attack.

The FBI and U.S. Secret Service officials say that over the last year they have been involved with numerous arrests in Romania connected to hacking attacks on U.S. computers.  The rise of cybercrime has been so significant that the Council of Europe has opened an office in Romania’s capital focused on cybercrime.

The U.S. Embassy in Romania said that 80% of cyber attacks from Romania focus on American citizens.  They estimate $1 billion a year is stolen by Romanian hackers.

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