The Justice Department announced indictments against eight Easter...
The Justice Department announced indictments against eight Eastern Europeans who it said stole $9 million in one day by hacking into credit card processing company RBS WorldPay’s computer network. The ring compromised the data encryption that RBS WorldPay used…
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on payroll debit cards, then raised the account limits on compromised accounts and had a group of “cashers” go to ATMs around the world to withdraw money, Justice said. Acting U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates of the northern district of Georgia, where the indictments were handed up, called the attack “perhaps the most sophisticated and organized computer fraud attack ever conducted.” She cited the “unprecedented” cooperation of law enforcement agencies across the globe and the cooperation of RBS WorldPay as critical to the case. Sergei Tsurikov of Estonia; Viktor Pleshchuk of Russia; Oleg Covelin of Moldova; and a person known only as “Hacker 3” were indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit computer fraud, computer fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. They face fines of up to $3.5 million and imprisonment of up to 20 years on the most serious charges. Igor Grudijev, Ronald Tsoi, Evelin Tsoi, and Mihhail Jevgenov, all of Estonia, were indicted for access device fraud. They face fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to 15 years. The indictment also seeks criminal forfeiture of $9.4 million.