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U.S. charges Filipino man with hacking accounts of celebrities
Source: Reuters
Technology | Fri Jun 24, 2016 11:53am EDT
U.S. charges Filipino man with hacking accounts of celebrities
A Filipino man has been criminally charged in New Jersey with running a large and sophisticated scheme to hack into the bank and credit card accounts of well-known or celebrity customers, U.S. prosecutors said.
According to an indictment made public on Friday, Peter Locsin, 35, conspired with others from February 2012 to January 2015 to compromise accounts belonging to at least five victims at three financial institutions.
Locsin, of Talisay City, Philippines, allegedly accessed the accounts through websites, other online means and phone calls, and used them to make or try to make wire transfers, to order merchandise, to add new cardholders, or to change addresses.
The information that was compromised included names, birth dates and Social Security numbers.
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U.S. charges Filipino man with hacking accounts of celebrities
A Filipino man has been criminally charged in New Jersey with running a large and sophisticated scheme to hack into the bank and credit card accounts of well-known or celebrity customers, U.S. prosecutors said.
According to an indictment made public on Friday, Peter Locsin, 35, conspired with others from February 2012 to January 2015 to compromise accounts belonging to at least five victims at three financial institutions.
Locsin, of Talisay City, Philippines, allegedly accessed the accounts through websites, other online means and phone calls, and used them to make or try to make wire transfers, to order merchandise, to add new cardholders, or to change addresses.
The information that was compromised included names, birth dates and Social Security numbers.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-locsin-idUSKCN0ZA2X7?il=0
