Hackers hacked Oracle's MICROS POS

A notorious Russian cyber-crime group has hacked hundreds of Oracle's computer systems. And what's was more alarming is that they were able to plant malware into the customer service portal of the company's MICROS point-of-sale credit card payment service. MICROS is among the top point-of-sale vendors globally. Used at more than 330,000 cash registers worldwide with clients ranging from hotels, banks, restaurants and retailers. The problem was first realized when a MICROS customer support portal was seen communicating with a server known to be used by the Carbanak Gang. Carbanak is part of a Russian cybercrime syndicate that is suspected of stealing more than $1 billion from banks, retailers and hospitality firms over the past several years. Oracle acknowledged that it had "detected and addressed malicious code in certain legacy MICROS systems." To prevent more damage, the company has asked all MICROS customers to reset their passwords for the MICROS online support portal.