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posted by martyb on Friday February 09 2018, @10:54AM   Printer-friendly
from the card-iologists dept.

The US just took down one of the larger online crime organizations in recent memory -- certainly one of the largest prosecuted by the feds. Department of Justice officials have filed charges against 36 people allegedly involved with Infraud Organization (no really, that's the name), a global cybercrime ring with roots in the US as well as numerous other countries. Combined, the group is believed to have trafficked in stolen financial data (including up to 4 million cards), identities and contraband worth over $530 million in losses. And that's what they actually managed to accomplish. Reportedly, they hoped to inflict a total of $2.2 billion in damage.

Source: Engadget


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 09 2018, @05:36PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 09 2018, @05:36PM (#635600)

    "Combined, the group is believed to have trafficked in stolen financial data (including up to 4 million cards), identities and contraband worth over $530 million in losses."

    so they didn't do anything wrong then? only showed this scam for what it really is?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 10 2018, @06:08PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 10 2018, @06:08PM (#636078)

      They get exactly what they sign up for...

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