How Cyber Crime Gang Targets Travelling Executives Through Hotel Wi-Fi - ABC News

ABC News, by Alyssa Newcomb 

A stealth gang of cyber criminals have carefully targeted travelling executives through hotel Wi-Fi connections in Asia over the past four years and are still active today, according to a report from a leading security firm.

Operating methodically -- almost as though they have a hit list -- the hackers never target the same person twice, Costin Raiu, director of Global Research and Analysis at Kaspersky Lab, which conducted the study, told ABC News.

"It seems to us that the main focus is to get further access into their networks," Raiu said of the incidents, which Kaspersky Lab has dubbed the Darkhotel espionage campaign.

"Perhaps the executives are not exactly the primary target," he said. "Of course these guys happen to have interesting information, but I believe the attackers want to look deeper into these companies." Read more.