U.S. Arrests 7 on Charges of Credit Card Data Trading

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via The NYT.

[snip]

The Secret Service yesterday announced seven arrests in five states and the District of Columbia as part of a 
continuing crackdown on online forums where credit card data and other stolen consumer information is routinely traded.

A total of 21 people have been arrested in the United States and Britain in the last three months in the undercover 
operation, the agency said.

It is the largest federal law enforcement action taken against the thriving online trade in credit card numbers, bank 
accounts, passwords, personal identification numbers and other data since an earlier effort, Operation Firewall, broke 
up the largest black market trading board, Shadowcrew.com, in 2004.

Jonathan Cherry, a spokesman for the Secret Service, said the new crackdown, called Operation Rolling Stone, was aimed 
at "online criminal enterprises that threaten our financial infrastructure."

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More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/29/technology/29theft.html

- ferg


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