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More Than 1,000 Merchants Hit With POS Malware, Says U.S. Secret Service

August 25, 2014
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More Than 1,000 Merchants Hit With POS Malware, Says U.S. Secret Service

August 25, 2014
More than 1,000 merchants have been hit by the Backoff malware, given that it was “detected in October 2013 and was not recognized by antivirus software until August 2014,” according to a joint statement issued Friday (Aug. 22) by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Secret Service. “Seven POS systems providers/vendors have […]