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DOJ Announces Arrest of 3 Men Allegedly Behind Notorious FIN7 Hacking Group

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday August 07 2018, @03:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the where-are-the-other-four? dept.

MrPlow writes:

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The US Department of Justice said Wednesday that it has filed criminal charges against three men believed to be central to the FIN7 hacking group.

According to indictments unsealed in federal court in Seattle, prosecutors say that Dmytro Federov, 44, Fedir Hladyr, 33, and Andrii Kolpakov, 30, hacked into "thousands of computer systems and stole millions of customer credit and debit card numbers, which the group used or sold for profit."

The suspects are believed to have hit companies across 47 states and the District of Columbia to steal "more than 15 million customer card records."

"The three Ukrainian nationals indicted today allegedly were part of a prolific hacking group that targeted American companies and citizens by stealing valuable consumer data, including personal credit card information, that they then sold on the Darknet," said Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski.

The three men have been charged with 26 felony counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, hacking, and more.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/doj-announces-arrest-of-3-men-allegedly-behind-notorious-fin7-hacking-group/

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @04:00AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @04:00AM (#718097)

    there is no darknet, it's just internet communication not fully under control of three letterss agencies and big corporations

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @04:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @04:22AM (#718102)

    Yeah, well, look what these Ukrainian hackers can do! Just think about what the Russian hackers are capable of!

    There could be Russian hackers on the darknet now, doing Russian hacker things! They might even sign on to hidden service IRC servers!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @04:31AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @04:31AM (#718107)

    internet communication not fully under control of three letterss agencies and big corporations

    Hmm, let's shorten that. How about "darknet"?