New Online Threat Jeopardizes Credit Union Accounts.

WASHINGTON -- Authorities are investigating a new computer virus, traced to Russia, that has stolen PINs, passwords and identifying information and other personal data from thousands of credit union and bank accounts.

In a scenario eerily similar to numerous cases over the last few years, the account information is being sold over the Internet, then used by criminals all over the globe to either hack into credit union and bank accounts or make purchases on those accounts.

The malware, a trojan named Gozi, embeds itself in personal computer files after a user