Three Charged With Largest Identity Theft in the US
US authorities on Tuesday said that more than $130 million were stolen by three individuals after conducting the “largest hacking and identity theft” case ever prosecuted in the country.
Three were accused of breaching credit card numbers of major businesses in the US.
At least three people were indicted in the largest US identity theft ever prosecuted. A former informant of the government who were already in jail in connection with hacking cases, and two unidentified Russians were charged of stealing more than $130 million from major credit and debit card numbers.
Based on the investigation of the US attorney’s office, the three stole credit and debit card numbers from processors of Heartland Payment Systems, 7-Eleven Inc., and Hannaford Brothers Co.
The prosecutors also said that the three suspects also attacked two major corporations in the US. However, the authorities refused to name the companies.
Meanwhile, Hannaford Brothers and Heartland Payment Systems admitted that there have been a breach in their credit card processors but the two companies refuse to show the extent of the fraud.
Albert Gonzalez, who is one of the suspects, was arrested last year by Federal police on suspicion of hacking into a popular restaurant chain’s system.
The attorney’s office said that the Russians, only identified as "Hacker 1" and "Hacker 2", operates by scanning large corporation’s payment system. Most of the companies were listed in the Fortune 500.
After identifying their targets, the three will then hack into the system allowing them to pose as the people who were holders of the credit card numbers.
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