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Hackers Arrested for Stealing $ 9 Million from Atlanta Based Credit Card Processing Co.

By Conaway and Strickler

According to an 11alive.com article, an unnamed accomplice and numerous Eastern Europeans have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly hacking into an Atlanta-based credit card processing company (RBS WorldPay) computer network and thieving $9 million. Some of the charges filed in the indictment included: Conspiracy to commit computer fraud Computer fraud Conspiracy to commit wire fraud Wire fraud Aggravated identity theft In relation to the above charges, the indictment alleges that the group utilized refined hacking techniques to create the data encryption that was implemented by RBS WorldPay to protect customer data on payroll debit cards. Atlanta?s RBS WorldPay and many other companies across the United States use payroll debit cards to pay their employees in which they can withdraw their regular salaries from an ATM.continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on November 11, 2009 (boomark / email).