FBI Cyber Crackdown Leads to 16 Arrests

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via USA Today.

[snip]

In its latest crackdown on cybercrime, the FBI planned to announce
Friday the arrests of 16 people in the USA and Poland suspected of
participating in a website where stolen personal data were traded and
phishing attacks were launched.

Individuals were arrested in Atlanta and Columbus, Ohio. Raids were
conducted in New York, Texas, Tennessee, Nebraska, Georgia and Ohio,
the FBI said.

Search warrants on three individuals in Romania also were performed
this week as part of the ongoing investigation.

The actions against the Cardkeeper forum are the highest-profile since
the Richmond, Va., division of the bureau started investigating the
phishing attack on a bank in mid-2004. More than 100,000 credit and
debit cards from more than 1,000 individuals were compromised.

[snip]

More:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/infotheft/2006-11-03-fbi-crackdown_x.htm

- ferg


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