即使远离网络也难摆脱黑客攻击_时事

即使远离网络也难摆脱黑客攻击

然后，两名黑客来到沃尔什家的后院。她的个人电脑放在那里，正等待黑客侵入。因为密码贴在了附近的路由器上，他们的任务很容易。只用了几分钟，他们不仅进入了沃尔什的电子邮箱账户，还进入了她女儿的账户。她女儿在某个时刻允许了这台电脑的浏览器自动输入她的密码。(两人做了件好事，用沃尔什女儿自己的账户给她发了一封电子邮件，主题栏上写着：“提醒：改密码。)

They searched Mrs. Walsh’s email for the term “SSN and within seconds had access to herSocial Security number, her PayPal account, her air miles account and her insuranceinformation. They had even gotten their hands on her power of attorney form.

他们在沃尔什的邮件中搜索“SSN，几秒钟后便获取了她的社会安全号码、PayPal账号、航空里程积分账号和保险信息。他们甚至还能对她的法律授权书做手脚。

What’s worse, they weren’t the only ones with access to all of the above. Mr. Loden and Mr.Prins ran a scan for malicious programs running on Mrs. Walsh’s machine and found roughly20, including InstallBrain, an installer that can download malicious programs on demand, likeone that helps attackers mine for Bitcoin. And others like DefaultTab, FunWebProducts,SearchProtect, SlimCleaner and Supreme Savings that can change a victim’s home page, spyon search and browsing histories, or replace ads on websites like Facebook and Google withintrusive programs.