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WALLSTREET JOURNAL ONLINE
AUGUST 18, 2009
Arrest in Epic Cyber Swindle
A 28-year-old American, believed by prosecutors to be one of the nation's cybercrime kingpins, was indicted Monday along with two Russian accomplices on charges that they carried out the largest hacking and identity-theft caper in U.S. history.
Federal prosecutors alleged the three masterminded a global scheme to steal data from more than 130 million credit and debit cards by hacking into the computer systems of five major companies, including Hannaford Bros. supermarkets, 7-Eleven and Heartland Payment Systems Inc., a credit-card processing company.
Continued:
Arrest in Epic Cyber Swindle - WSJ.com
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TJX Hacker Charged With Heartland, Hannaford Breaches | Threat Level | Wired.com
To think that when partying in Scandinavia it's considered perfectly normal for everybody to just leave their credit cards at the bar, including me.
AUGUST 18, 2009
Arrest in Epic Cyber Swindle
A 28-year-old American, believed by prosecutors to be one of the nation's cybercrime kingpins, was indicted Monday along with two Russian accomplices on charges that they carried out the largest hacking and identity-theft caper in U.S. history.
Federal prosecutors alleged the three masterminded a global scheme to steal data from more than 130 million credit and debit cards by hacking into the computer systems of five major companies, including Hannaford Bros. supermarkets, 7-Eleven and Heartland Payment Systems Inc., a credit-card processing company.
Continued:
Arrest in Epic Cyber Swindle - WSJ.com
and
TJX Hacker Charged With Heartland, Hannaford Breaches | Threat Level | Wired.com
To think that when partying in Scandinavia it's considered perfectly normal for everybody to just leave their credit cards at the bar, including me.
