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Hackers Indicted for Stealing Credit and Debit Card Numbers From Dave & Buster's - UPDATE

Via PRNewswire.com.

Three defendants have been charged in a federal grand jury indictment and complaint with illegally accessing the computer systems of a national restaurant chain and stealing credit and debit card numbers from that system, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Benton J. Campbell announced today.

The 27-count indictment, returned on March 12, 2008, and unsealed today in Central Islip, N.Y., charges Maksym Yastremskiy, of Kharkov, Ukraine, and Aleksandr Suvorov, of Sillamae, Estonia, with wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, conspiracy to possess unauthorized access devices, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit computer fraud, computer fraud and counts of interception of electronic communications. A one-count complaint unsealed today in Central Islip charges Albert Gonzalez of Miami with wire fraud conspiracy related to the scheme.

According to the indictment and complaint, Maksym Yastremskiy, a/k/a "Maksik," Aleksandr Suvorov, a/k/a "JonnyHell," and Albert Gonzales, a/k/a "Segvec," engaged in a scheme in which they hacked into cash register terminals at 11 Dave & Buster's Inc. (D&B) restaurants at various locations around the United States in order to acquire "track 2" credit and debit card information. The defendants then sold the stolen data to others who used it to make fraudulent purchases or re-sold it to make such purchases, causing losses to financial institutions that issued the credit and debit cards. Track 2 data includes the customer's account number and expiration date, but not the cardholder's name or other personally identifiable information.

posted by Fergie @ 5/12/2008 02:41:00 PM