11 are Accused in Theft of Credit Card Numbers
The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday that it had charged 11 people for stealing more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers of customers shopping at nine ”major” U.S. retailers.
Three Americans and defendants from Estonia, Ukraine China and other countries were charged with crimes including identity theft, fraud and conspiracy, the department said.
The people allegedly hacked into the wireless computer networks of retailers like OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble and Sports Authority. They installed programs to capture card numbers, passwords and account data, and then concealed the data in computer servers that they controlled in the United States and Eastern Europe.
11 are Accused in Theft of Credit Card Numbers
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