Australia's biggest ever data theft: gang busted over credit card crime

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http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/australias-biggest-ever-data-theft-gang-busted-over-credit-card-crime-20121129-2agzy.html

SMH.co.au
November 29, 2012

Police have smashed a Romanian organised crime gang that allegedly 
hacked into the computer systems of small businesses, with credit card 
details of 30,000 Australians used in $30 million worth of illegal 
transactions around the world.

An Australian Federal Police and Romanian National Police investigation 
led to the arrest of 16 gang members this week, and seven people in 
Romania have been charged.

It is said to be the biggest data theft investigation in Australia's 
history.

Computer hackers allegedly got access to the systems of up to 100 
Australian small businesses, where the credit card details of about 
500,000 people were stored. Advertisement

Police said they had confirmed 30,000 of those details had allegedly 
been used for $30 million worth of illegal transactions.

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