Federal prosecutors said Thursday that they have charged five men responsible for the cost of 300 million yuan, two suspects were in custody hackers and credit card fraud spree, the largest in U.S. history cybercrime case.
They also revealed a new security vulnerabilities on the Nasdaq, although their attack to provide some details.
Other companies targeted by hackers including visa company licensee, JC Penney company, JetBlue Airways and French retailer Carrefour (Carrefour SA), according to the indictment in New Jersey debut.
Hackers have been pursued for many years. Many violations previously reported, although it appears to involve NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. was first disclosed.
Prosecutors say they conservative estimate, five men from Russia and Ukraine, with the help of at least 1.6 million stolen payment card numbers, resulting in loss of more than 300 million U.S. dollars.
In New Jersey authorities charged that each defendant has a special mission: Russia Vladimir Drinkman, 32, Alexander Kalinin on the 26th, scoring the network, while 罗马科托夫, 32, data mining. Allegedly, they hide their activities using anonymous network Mikhail Rytikov, 26 years old, Ukraine hosting service.
Russia's Dmitry Smilianets, aged 29, was accused of selling stolen data and profit distribution. Prosecutors said he was charged $ 10 dollar card from Canada, 15 yuan and 50 yuan, which is more expensive European card, because they have computer chips, making them more secure.
5 Tibetan their efforts, their victims to disable antivirus software and data storage platform for multiple hacker attacks, prosecutors said. They sold to dealers, and then sell them in the online forum or to "honor the line," the digitally encoded to a blank plastic card payment card number.
"This type of crime in the forefront of" New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said. "He who has the expertise and tilt into our computer network a threat to our economic well-being, our privacy, our national security."
The indictment cites Albert Gonzalez as an accomplice. He had served 20 years in prison after guilty plea helped mastermind one of the largest in U.S. history hacking fraud scheme to help steal one million credit and debit cards.
Prosecutors said the accused had with Gonzalez before his arrest in Miami, and then continue on after committing the crime, he captures.
Drinkman and Smilianets in June 2012 was arrested in the Netherlands, the United States authority requirements. Smilianets was extradited last September and is expected to appear in federal court in New Jersey next week. Drinkman awaiting extradition hearings in the Netherlands.
Prosecutors declined to comment on the whereabouts of the other three defendants.
, Security software vendor Trend Micro's vice president Tom Kellerman said he believes prospects, they will be caught, because in some countries, the authorities turn a blind eye cybercriminals.
"There is a huge shadow economy exists in Eastern Europe, in some countries, is seen as sophisticated hackers state-owned assets," he said.
, Kalinin and Drinkman previously charged in New Jersey as "a hacker" and "Hacker 2" in 2009 the indictment charging Gonzalez five violations.
Nasdaq violation
In the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office announced Kalinin, twelve other indictment, accusing him of Nasdaq hacked from November 2008 through October 2010 servers. It said he installed malicious software, so that he and other executive orders, delete, change or steal user data.
The server is not infected clients include securities trading NASDAQ trading platform, allowing prosecutors said. With Nasdaq officials said they could not immediately comment.
A source said on Thursday that the indictment does not relate to the 2010 attacks, the Nasdaq had previously said, this is for director units, the services used by the company board of directors, share files and communicate with management, including including violations of the knowledge.
The source, who requested to remain anonymous, because the sensitivity of the matter, saying that hackers seem to have used their access to the corporate network to create a Nasdaq website, where users are directed on their landing page when they want change their passwords.
Kalinin in the second indictment filed in Manhattan, which is on Thursday unsealed allegations that he worked with the sixth hackers, Russian Nikolai 31 (Nasenkov), from thousands of customers in 2005 to 2008, Citibank and PNC Bank to steal bank account information, resulting in the theft of millions of dollars.
Unambitious
Mark Rasch, a former federal prosecutor told Reuters cyber crime, arrest those responsible for law enforcement in identifying the main cybercrime progress.
Rasch, said: "Who was not involved in the case involving dozens or even hundreds of people huddled around the computer terminal in the world, in a common purpose, to steal credit card numbers transmitted.
Enumerated in violation of the New Jersey indictment, prosecutors alleged that the group is responsible for more than 130 million credit card numbers stolen from the U.S. payment processor Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. started in December 2007, resulting in about $ 20 billion in losses. This is Gonzalez was convicted in the same case, this is the biggest case of its kind before the latest indictment.
Hartland commended the authorities for their work issued a statement: "We hope that this indictment further news, prolific hacker organization such as this global crime will be investigated and charged."
Prosecutor accused, in 2011, they spent about 30 million payment card numbers from payment processor Commidea UK Limited in 2008 and 800,000 card numbers from the company's licensed Jordanian visa visa.
In about January 2011 by the global payment system attacks led more than 950,000 card theft and loss of approximately $ 93 million, according to the indictment.
French retailer Carrefour (Carrefour SA) to steal credit card numbers about 20,000, receive ring back in October 2007 began, saying that the Belgian Dexia bank card theft from $ 1.7 million resulting in a loss.
Other victims include Dow Jones, Wet Seal's 7-Eleven companies, according to prosecutors.
Dow Jones said in a statement that "there is no evidence," Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal's customer information was compromised due to a violation.
With Carrefour, the global payment and JCPenney officials declined to comment.
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