{"id":4528,"date":"2014-07-09T11:58:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T18:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=4528"},"modified":"2014-07-09T13:31:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T20:31:43","slug":"russian-hacker-arrested-stealing-credit-card-information-retail-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=4528","title":{"rendered":"Russian Hacker Arrested for Stealing Credit Card Information from Retail Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dept<\/a>WASHINGTON D.C.<\/strong> -A \u00a0Russian hacker was arrested in Guam this weekend for stealing information from retail sales cash registers and installing malicious software to steal credit cards, officials announced this week.<\/p>\n

Roman Valerevich Seleznev,<\/strong> also known as “Track2,” was indicted March 2011 for operating several credit card forum web sites that allegedly distributed stolen credit card information, according \u00a0to authorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cCyber crooks should take heed: you cannot hide behind distant keyboards. We will bring you to face justice,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan, who leads the Justice Department\u2019s Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Enforcement Subcommittee of the Attorney General\u2019s Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Secret Service described Seleznev as one of the world’s most prolific traffickers of stolen financial information.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe arrest of Roman Seleznev is yet another example of how the Secret Service continues to successfully combat data theft and financial crimes,\u201d said Robert Kierstead, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service Seattle Field Office. \u201cThe Secret Service utilized state-of-the-art investigative techniques to dismantle this criminal network. Our success in this case and other similar investigations is a result of the extraordinary work of our investigators and our close work with our network of law enforcement partners.\u201d<\/p>\n

A New York Times<\/a> story stated that Todd Greenberg, an assistant United States attorney, would not comment on the means by which Mr. Seleznev, a Russian national, was detained in Guam.<\/p>\n

However, the Times reported arrests in Russia over computer crimes are rare, even when hackers living in Russia have been outed by outside groups like the Spamhaus Project, a spam-prevention service based in Europe. According to Spamhaus, Russia is the world\u2019s third-biggest source of Internet spam, after the United States and China.<\/p>\n

The illegal hacking outlined in the indictment occurred between October 2009, and February 2011.<\/p>\n

The indictment alleges the following information:<\/p>\n