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Turkish Hacker Depletes 10,000 Bank Accounts
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:32:35 -0600 (CST)
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=national&alt=&trh=20061220&hn=39364 By Ufuk Koroglu Bunyamin Demirkan Istanbul December 20, 2006 zaman.com A criminal enterprise comprised of 10 individuals who drained the accounts of 10,580 customers by sending virus-infected e-mails was busted in Istanbul. Reports indicate that the suspects saved the email addresses of academics and journalists in separate files. The ringleader of the enterprise, Ali Y., has a masters degree from Istanbul University in the Department of Turkology and speaks five languages. Anti-fiscal offences teams conducted simultaneous operations on addresses in Beyoglu, Bakirkoy, Fatih, Bahcelievler, Buyukcekmece, Avcilar and Gungoren. During the search conducted in the suspects homes and offices, they found one laptop, 34 CDs, four hard disks, 18 account books, six ATM cards, nine Western Union receipts, a fake deed title, and ID cards. The suspects reportedly sent virus-infected emails to 3,450,000 addresses, and subsequently drained 10,850 bank accounts. _____________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isn
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