Group of 11 Hackers Stole 40 Million Credit Card Numbers

[mandy]

In cases that go back years, a group of 11 U.S. and foreign computer hackers broke into the networks of nine retailers and stole information from more than 40 million payment card accounts, federal prosecutors have charged.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Secret Service, who have cooperated in an investigation, say the criminal ring broke into the networks of retailers including TJX Companies, BJ’s Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market Corp., Barnes & Noble Inc., The Sports Authority, Forever 21 and DSW Inc. The criminals then used stolen account numbers to withdraw tens of thousands of dollars at a time from bank ATMs and sold some of the account numbers over the Internet to other criminals, prosecutors charge. ...

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