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Detailing just how those hackers pulled off one of the biggest data heists ever. >> now with this new information that many other retailers could potentially have been breached, that number could potentially double in the next couple weeks. >> reporter: here's how they did it. according to a cybersecurity firm called eyesight, they used highly sophisticated and nearly undetectable malware that's a computer program that is surreptitiously placed in a system to corrupt point of sale systems. that means at the register itself, your information was being grabbed. eyesight says many retail organiza...

Detailing just how those hackers pulled off one of the biggest data heists ever. >> now with this new information that many other retailers could potentially have been breached, that number could potentially double in the next couple of weeks. >> reporter: here's how they did it according to a cybersecurity firm called eyesight who has contributed to the investigation. they used highly sophisticated and nearly unprotected malware that is a kartoxa surreptitiously put in, eyesight says many retail organizations may not know they've been infected. the software infests retail processing systems, ...

They used highly sophisticated and nearly undedebtable malware named kartosha. it's a computer program placed in a company's system to corrupt point of sale systems. the register itself your information was being grabbed. many retail organizations may not know they've been infected. the software infests retail processing systems, allowing the hackers to manipulate the malware from the outside and most troubling of all, it's using new technology that makes it virtually undetectable by all security software. >> it's an unknown exploit, one they haven't seen before. >> just who are the hackers? t...