Magecart hackers infect over 17,000 web domains

Nicholas Fearn
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Security researchers believe the scale of Magecart compromise is far larger than previously thought

More than 17,000 websites have been infected with skimmer code by Magecart payment-system hackers, according to security researchers. In May, RiskIQ discovered yet-another mass compromise of thi...

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