Thursday 25 July 2013

largest hacking and data breach scheme ever in U.S. by Russian&Ukrains hackers

Prosecution of 4 Russian and 1 Ukrain national started today in Newark, N.J they have been charged with running a sophisticated hacking organization that over seven years penetrated computer networks of more than a dozen major American and international corporations.report (AP)
The hackers have sold more than 160 million credit and debit card numbers and sold them to resellers around the world.
NASDAQ, 7-Eleven Inc., Heartland Payment Systems Inc., French retailer Carrefour S.A. and the Belgium bank Dexia Bank Belgium are amoung victims.
The defendants are Russians Vladimir Drinkman, Aleksander Kalinin, Roman Kotov and Dmitriy Smilianets, and Ukrainian Mikhail Rytikov.

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