New computer virus targets Venezuelans after vote

Published October 12, 2012 8:41pm ET



CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A newly detected computer virus aims to steal Venezuelans’ online credentials using a link that purports to reveal information about the country’s recent presidential election, the digital security company Kaspersky Lab said on Friday.

The malicious software was launched after Venezuela’s Oct. 7 presidential election and was spread by email, said Dmitry Bestuzhev, head of the Moscow-based company’s research and analysis team in Latin America.

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