U.S. Indicts 3 in Theft of 130 Million Bank Cards
By BRAD STONE – NYTimes.comThe Department of Justice indicted three individuals on Monday in what it called the largest case of computer crime and identity theft ever prosecuted.
The three culprits, one American and two unnamed Russian co-conspirators, are responsible for stealing more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers in 2007, according to the indictment. They allegedly infiltrated the computer networks of Heartland Payment Systems, a payment processor in Princeton, N.J.; 7-Eleven Inc.; Hannaford Brothers, a regional supermarket chain; and two unnamed national retailers.
An unspecified portion of the numbers were then sold online and some of the numbers were used to make unauthorized purchases and withdrawals from banks, according to the indictment, which was filed in a U.S. District Court in New Jersey.
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