Suspected Russian hackers are believed to have been skimming credit card information of Republican donors for the past six months. The web store of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is believed to be one of over 5,900 e-commerce sites allegedly hacked by the same threat actors.
According to Dutch security researcher Willem De Groot, anyone who purchased products from and/or donated to the NRSC via its website likely had their credit card information stolen and possibly sold on the dark web. De Groot also said that the stolen data was found sent to a network of servers located in Belize and run by a Russian-language internet service provider.
There is no comment yet from the Republicans on the matter. However, De Groot said the party “rushed to secure their store” on 6 October.
De Groot added, “I do not know how many credit cards were stolen from the Republican store but I can make an educated guess. According to TrafficEstimates, the Republican store has received some 350K visits per month lately. A conservative conversion ratio of 1% yields 3500 stolen credit cards per month, or 21K stolen credits cards since March. Black market value per card isbetween $4 and $120, so I assume a modest $30 per card. The villains could have made roughly $600K on this store alone.” For the full article click here
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