Most computer users think that they are safe from hackers obtaining their bank details online because they have got the latest firewalls, anti-virus and spyware software, but people don't bother to think that there are other ways of hacking to get someone's personal information.

Three men from Ukraine, Estonia and Miami have been charged for the attack on supermarket and restaurant cash register terminals.

Packet sniffer software was installed in various restaurants computer systems which allowed them access to cash registers terminals and obtain credit and debit card details. According the the MSNBC report, an average of $1000 was being taken from innocent peoples accounts.

Three men from Ukraine, Estonia and Miami have been charged for the hacker attack on the state-owned Zimbabwe newspaper. Attackers shut down the Web site of Zimbabwe's state-owned Herald newspaper for three days, Reuters reported.

Visitors to the site were redirected to the site of a state-owned Sunday newspaper, and headlines were replaced by the word "Gukurahundi", which refers to a campaign of atrocities Zimbabwe's government has been accused of committing after independence, the report said.


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