Internet crime shifts to Russia
Apparently the mainstream press, and the U.S. Secret Service, has discovered something some of us have known for a while... or perhaps more likely, they are just now iterating the fact to the credit card companies.
A Reuters newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
Trafficking in stolen credit cards has largely shifted to Russian-language Web sites after an international crackdown sparked disarray among English-speaking scam artists, a U.S. Secret Service official said on Wednesday.
The October 2004 raid, dubbed Operation Firewall, led to 28 arrests in seven countries and shut down several Web sites that served as online bazaars where scam artists could buy and sell credit-card numbers, drivers' licenses and other documents.
Now much of the activity has shifted to Russian-language Web sites that are wary of outsiders, posing additional challenges to online investigators who must cope with language and legal barriers, said Brian Nagel, the Secret Service's director of investigations.
"The English-speaking side of this criminal activity seems to be in complete disarray," Nagel said at a credit-card security conference.
posted by Fergie @ 10/05/2005 03:24:00 PM
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