U.S. Secret Service Arrests Data Theft Suspects

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

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Via SecurityFocus.

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Two operations run by the the U.S. Secret Service led to the arrests of
French and Canadian citizens on charges stemming from the theft of user
names and passwords and illegal carding activity, the federal agency said
this week.

In Operation Lord Kaisersose, the Secret Service's Miami field office
identified an individual, known online as "Lord Kaisersose," that had
allegedly stolen more than 28,000 compromised accounts and used the
information to commit more than $14 million in fraud. The investigation led
the French National Police to arrest a French citizen and three associates,
the Secret Service said in a statement. A second operation led the Calgary
Police Service to arrest an Alberta resident on charges of possessing and
trading credit-card skimming devices and a French resident on charges of
illegal carding activities.

The Secret Service stressed that the operations, as with most other
Internet investigations, would not have been successful without
international cooperation.

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More:
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/536

Note: The U.S. Secret Service needs to learn how to properly
spell "Keyser Söze":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyser_S%C3%B6ze

- - ferg

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