Cybercrooks are using a bot to automate the process of breaking into and draining online gift card accounts. The software nasty, named GiftGhostBot, attempts to steal cash from money-loaded gift cards provided by a variety of retailers around the globe, according to Distil Networks. Any website – from luxury retailers to supermarkets to major coffee distributors – with gift card processing capabilities could be a target. Distil has seen this attack on almost 1,000 websites since it first detected it late last month.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register
