U.S. charges five men in major credit card hacking fraud case

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

NEWARK | Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:46am EDT

(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday that they have charged five men with the theft of 160 million credit card numbers, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses in what they said will be the largest hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted in the United States.

U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Paul Fishman plans an 11 a.m. (1500 GMT) briefing on the charges, a spokesman said.

(Reporting by David Jones; Writing by Jim Finkle; Editing by Scott Malone)


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/25/us-usa-hackers-creditcards-idUSBRE96O0RI20130725

[L0oniX]

1. ...but they won't go after the banksters.

[Myrina]

2. Yup. Sad isn't it?

Someone can steal a loaf of bread & get 5 years.
Wreck the economy & steal thousands of retirees' pensions & get a bailout.

WTF, America?

[Amonester]

3. Clearly, it's because they don't have the Right connections...

Have you got it yet?

That's what money-in-politics is all about.

Plus some more.

[Auggie]

6. And don't steal from crooks

[forestpath]

4. +1

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

5. Remove their.....

.....test tickles I say and in a public display!

[DJ13]

7. Does testing tickles require a feather?