Wal-Mart unconcerned about website hack that infects users, since no transactions effected

[Ian David]

Apparently Walmart.com has been infected with a computer virus, and many who shopped at the website recently could have infected computers now. Maybe sending a whole bunch of tech jobs overseas wasn't the best idea.

Here's the story from the San Francisco Chronicle:

Walmart.com Shoppers Beware

If you've been shopping at Walmart.com this week, better scan your computer for possible infections and make sure your software patches are up to date.

Scansafe reported Wednesday that it was blocking access to at least one page on Walmart.com--framedart.walmart.com--because the page was redirecting visitors to a site serving malware that exploited Adobe Flash. If you had an unpatched version of Adobe Flash on your computer, you were vulnerable.

Attacks on Websites have been a problem all year because of the high quality of tools available to cyberthieves, who can automatically scan sites for coding flaws like the ones at walmart.com that let them redirect Walmart's visitors to sources of malware.

In May alone, over 1.5 million pages were compromised all over the Web, some from legitimate sites like Walmart's. This latest round of attacks, called SQL injections, began on Sunday, Scansafe said.

Walmart did not return calls asking for details.

UPDATE--Walmart's response: "We're aware of the matter, and we're working with the appropriate third parties to resolve it. This matter has not affected any customer transactions on the site, but we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our customers."

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http://blog.wakeupwalmart.com/ufcw/2008/06/walmart_virus.html