[Dataloss] U.S. Arrests 7 on Charges of Credit Card Data Trading

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/29/technology/29theft.html

The Secret Service yesterday announced seven arrests in five states and the 
District of Columbia as part of a continuing crackdown on online forums where 
credit card data and other stolen consumer information is routinely traded.

A total of 21 people have been arrested in the United States and Britain in the 
last three months in the undercover operation, the agency said.

It is the largest federal law enforcement action taken against the thriving 
online trade in credit card numbers, bank accounts, passwords, personal 
identification numbers and other data since an earlier effort, Operation 
Firewall, broke up the largest black market trading board, Shadowcrew.com, in 
2004.

Jonathan Cherry, a spokesman for the Secret Service, said the new 
crackdown, called Operation Rolling Stone, was aimed at "online criminal 
enterprises that threaten our financial infrastructure."

The arrests yesterday were made in Florida, New York, Illinois, 
Pennsylvania, California and Washington on a variety of state and federal 
charges related to online identity theft, credit card and access device 
fraud, Mr. Cherry said.

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