Federal prosecutors announce arrest of Ukrainians for alleged hacking of US businesses

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: The Hill

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced the arrest of three high-ranking members of a criminal hacking gang known as Carbanak.

Prosecutors in Seattle unveiled the indictments against Ukrainian nationals Dmytro Fedorov, Fedir Hladyr and Andrii Kopakov.

The individuals allegedly orchestrated a sophisticated hacking campaign targeting over 100 U.S. companies.

The Ukrainians are accused of using phishing attacks and malware to harvest information on over 15 million payment cards from thousands of business locations across the U.S., which they then sold for profit.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/399895-federal-prosecutors-announce-arrest-of-three-ukrainians-for-allegedly

[George II]

1. Wonder if Manafort's name will surface in their records?

[B Stieg]

2. Any of these guys weigh 400 lbs?

Unsurprisingly, neither does anyone working at the "Internet Research Agency" in Saint Petersburg or Moscow.

Putin's Follies continues...

[byronius]

3. Hey, not all Ukrainians and Russians are Putin-controlled operatives.

Some are just plain old criminals.

[Igel]

6. And not all Ukrainians are "Ukrainian."

Looks like at least two of these are.

But many Ukrainian nationals are Russian in every way other than nationality.

[Duppers]

8. Absolutely.

We used our Discover credit card at a restaurant years ago. Our waitress was Russian who, it turned out, obviously belong to some crime syndicate. Our card was lifted and used for cash. Discover Card said our theory re: the source of our stolen card # was correct.

[ffr]

4. I approve of building a new high security prison compount to house all of them

And I do mean, all of them.

Make an example out of them too. Lock them up!

[ancianita]

5. Glad to see they're in custody. Sometimes global law enforcement works.

[nitpicker]

7. Link to Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-arrests-ukraine/u-s-charges-three-ukrainians-in-payment-card-hacking-spree-idUSKBN1KM5IU