HostExploit reports: The Office of the Interior Ministry to the Russian Federation has reported on the arrest of an international criminal group using fake credit cards to steal more than $1.96 million (20 million rubles) from Russian and foreign banks. Following investigations carried out by Department ‘K’ of Internal Affairs more than 50 members of the…
Category: Financial Sector
Update: Ukranian police arrest 5, targeting brains behind Zeus botnet
Robert McMillan and Grant Gross report: Ukrainian police on Thursday arrested five people thought to be the brains behind a scam using the Zeus Trojan to siphon money from small businesses in the U.S. The operation is part of an ongoing effort to take down a criminal empire that stole $70 million from victims’ bank…
FL: Ex-employee accused of hacking into loan company’s computers, stealing data
News-Press.com reports: A former employee of Home Lynx Home Loans on College Parkway is accused of hacking into the company’s computer system and stealing confidential customer information, potential customer lists and marketing material. The former employee, whose name was not available in the sheriff’s report, was terminated in June. The owner of the company told…
Man linked to stolen bank data found dead in Swiss prison
Reuters is reporting: A man held in connection with client data stolen from a bank and sold to German tax authorities has been found dead in prison, Swiss authorities said on Friday. The 42-year-old man was found dead in his cell at Berne regional prison at around 0430 GMT on Wednesday, police said. “Findings so…
Canada’s pursuit of tax cheats starts with stolen data
AFP reports that Canada is joining the ranks of countries who are using data stolen from HSBC by an employee to pursue tax cheats: Canada will “aggressively” pursue tax evaders, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday after France provided his government a list of hundreds of secret offshore accounts held by Canadians. “This government will…
37 Charged in Global Bank Fraud Schemes that Used “Zeus Trojan” and Other Malware to Steal Millions of Dollars from U.S. Bank Accounts
Charges have been filed in New York against 37 defendants, in 21 separate cases, for their roles in global bank fraud schemes that allegedly used hundreds of false-name bank accounts to steal over $3 million from dozens of U.S. accounts that were compromised by malware attacks. According to Complaints unsealed today in Manhattan federal court,…