08-02-2018, 04:51 PM
Probably unrelated except for the method of crime. Cyber-crime is big business.
How do you say kaputt in Ukrainian?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fin7-intern...018-08-01/
How do you say kaputt in Ukrainian?
Quote:SEATTLE — Federal officials say three Ukrainians involved in a prolific cybercrime organization have been arrested. They are linked to hacking more than 100 companies in the U.S. and around the world, which caused losses in the tens of millions of dollars.
U.S. Attorney Annette Hayes said at a news conference Wednesday that one man was arrested in Seattle and the other two were taken into custody in Poland and Spain. Their federal indictments were unsealed Wednesday.
The indictments name the defendants as Fedir Hladyr, Dmytro Fedorov and Andrii Kolpakov.
Hayes says the group, called FIN7, used malware tools to reach into more than 3,600 businesses across the country that resulted in the loss of over 15 million credit and debit cards.
Hayes says some of the companies affected included hotels bearing the name of President Trump, Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor, Whole Foods, Chipotle, Arby's, Red Robin and Jason's Deli.
FBI Special Agent Jay Tabb says the case was one of the largest it has handled, in terms of loss, number of victims and the size of the criminal organization.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fin7-intern...018-08-01/
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