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Data Breach At Oracle's MICROS Point-of-Sale Division (krebsonsecurity.com)

Posted by msmash on from the vulnerable-systems dept.

Brian Krebs reports: A Russian organized cybercrime group known for hacking into banks and retailers appears to have breached hundreds of computer systems at software giant Oracle Corp., KrebsOnSecurity has learned. More alarmingly, the attackers have compromised a customer support portal for companies using Oracle's MICROS point-of-sale credit card payment systems. Asked this weekend for comment on rumors of a large data breach potentially affecting customers of its retail division, Oracle acknowledged that it had "detected and addressed malicious code in certain legacy MICROS systems." It also said that it is asking all MICROS customers to reset their passwords for the MICROS online support portal. MICROS is among the top three point-of-sale vendors globally. Oracle's MICROS division sells point-of-sale systems used at more than 330,000 cash registers worldwide. When Oracle bought MICROS in 2014, the company said MICROS's systems were deployed at some 200,000+ food and beverage outlets, 100,000+ retail sites, and more than 30,000 hotels.

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  1. We all saw this coming by npslider · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oracle IT must have forgotten to update to the latest version of Java.

    1. Re:We all saw this coming by NotInHere · · Score: 4, Funny

      They didn't want to accidentially install the free Ask! toolbar.

  2. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy than Larry Ellison by HBI · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm sure everyone's going to be falling all over themselves feeling sorry for him.

    At least now Oracle has something to spend those exorbitant license fees on.

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  3. Re:hahahaahahaha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Trump asked Russia to find Oracle's emails.

  4. Re:Couldn't happen to a nicer guy than Larry Ellis by npslider · · Score: 2

    I'm sure they will find somebody to sue by days end.

  5. Re:Couldn't happen to a nicer guy than Larry Ellis by dysmal · · Score: 2

    At least now Oracle has something to spend those exorbitant license fees on.

    Nah. They'll use this as justification for raising prices instead.

  6. "The Ruskies Diddit!" by Tablizer · · Score: 2

    It used to be trendy to blame every breach on N. Korea. Did they take a nap or something?

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