system breach

The Times has today reported that 1,295 machines at NATO and foreign ministries, embassies, banks and news organizations across the world, as well as computers used by the Dalai Lama and Tibetan exiles were compromised by some spy system. A spy network believed to have been controlled from China has hacked into classified documents on government and private computers in 103 countries, according to internet researchers, says British newspaper.  

The US payments processing system of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, RBS WorldPay, in just half of an hour period during a global ATM robbery, involved 100 cloned cards in 49 cities, around the world supposedly lost $9 million. First RBS reported in a press release, as issued during the busy pre-Christmas season on 23 December default in its computer systems and the fraudulent use of 100 cards.