Cyber Criminal Ring Gets Card Info from 11 Retailers

A cyber criminal ring targeting small retailers in 11 countries stole data on 49,000 payment cards using a malicious software known as "ChewBacca" before the operation was shut down, according to a cyber research firm. RSA FirstWatch disclosed the attacks on its website and said the firm's researchers uncovered the ring, whose victims included small companies in the United States, Russia, Canada and Australia.