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Hacking Ring Nabbed By US Authorities

Posted by samzenpus on from the go-directly-to-jail dept.

Slatterz writes "The members of a hacking ring responsible for stealing more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers from retail organizations in the US have been caught and charged. The case before the US Department of Justice is believed to be the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted. The criminals allegedly obtained bank details by hacking into the retailers' computer networks and then installing 'sniffer' programs to capture card numbers and password details as the customers moved through the retailers' credit and debit processing networks."

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  1. old news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you're lagging behind my media mongering people.

  2. mod D0wn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you nned to suuceed knows that ever Smith only serve continues toChew

  3. mod aup by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and the bo7tom about Outside

  4. Re:Slashdot is days behind the news by Hognoxious · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the hell is wrong?

    You're Dutch, that's what.

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