[Dataloss] Feds seek to nab credit card thieves in La., Miss.

[TS Glassey]

It would be interesting to know who's Management Systems these shops all 
bought.

Todd

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From: "lyger" <lyger at attrition.org>
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Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 12:02 PM
Subject: [Dataloss] Feds seek to nab credit card thieves in La., Miss.


>
> Courtesy Victor Chavez:
>
> http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/08/18/ap5334017.html
>
> A ring of cyberthieves has stolen tens of thousands of credit card
> numbers from Louisiana and Mississippi restaurants this year, leading to
> over $1 million in losses for the banks that issued them.
>
> The restaurants began reporting the thefts beginning in March in Baton
> Rouge, followed by similar cases in Flowood, Miss., Lafayette, Lake
> Charles and West Monroe. The hackers have swiped credit and debit card
> numbers off 16 restaurants' computer systems, then sought to sell them
> for anywhere between $1 and $100 each, according to Special Agent Sean
> Connor of the U.S. Secret Service, an arm of the Treasury Department
> that investigates financial crimes.
>
> "Once they get a big pile of credit card numbers, they turn around and
> sell them on the Internet," Connor said.
>
> The cases appear connected and probably involve a criminal network that
> stretches overseas, which would be consistent with other identity theft
> <http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/06/25/ap5152958.html?partner=alerts
>>  cases, U.S. Attorney David Dugas said. A group indicted in a separate
> case earlier this month includes defendants from three continents.
>
> Authorities have no total dollar figure for the losses sustained in the
> Louisiana-Mississippi cases because the victims - local and national
> banks - are still compiling figures, Connor said. The hardest hit is a
> bank reporting over $1.1 million in losses, he said.
>
> [...]
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