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Hackers Track Down Banking Fraud

Posted by jamie on from the white-hatted-detectives dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Noticing some commonalities in the spam flooding their email in-boxes, a small group of hackers set out to track down who was responsible. Along the way they uncovered a trail that led them to an organized gang of criminals halfway around the world, and right back to some of the largest financial institutions in the US, and their customers, that became the gang's prey. See the SecurityFocus story for more details."

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  1. Hackers eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    These hackers need to be prosecuted. This is unacceptable.

  2. Tracking down things these days... by magarity · · Score: 5, Funny

    Along the way they uncovered a trail that led ... right back to some of the largest financial institutions in the US

    So have they been arrested and charged under the DMCA for divulging weaknesses in the financial system?