FBI Cyber Crackdown Leads to 16 Arrests
Jon Swartz writes on USA Today:
In its latest crackdown on cybercrime, the FBI planned to announce Friday the arrests of 16 people in the USA and Poland suspected of participating in a website where stolen personal data were traded and phishing attacks were launched.More here.
Individuals were arrested in Atlanta and Columbus, Ohio. Raids were conducted in New York, Texas, Tennessee, Nebraska, Georgia and Ohio, the FBI said.
Search warrants on three individuals in Romania also were performed this week as part of the ongoing investigation.
The actions against the Cardkeeper forum are the highest-profile since the Richmond, Va., division of the bureau started investigating the phishing attack on a bank in mid-2004. More than 100,000 credit and debit cards from more than 1,000 individuals were compromised.
posted by Fergie @ 11/02/2006 09:28:00 PM
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