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Russian Cyberthief Indicted For Chase, Capital One, Citibank Attacks
Breach Round Up // August 13, 2014

A Russian national has been indicted for a series of cyber attacks against financial institutions (including Chase Bank, Capital One, Citibank and the Boeing Employees’ Credit Union) and retail POS in the U.S., as well as for running various carding forums that resold payment card...

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Russian Hacker Gets 27 Years In US Prison For Massive Credit Card Theft

April 24, 2017
A Russian hacker was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for stealing credit card numbers and selling the data online, according to The New York Times. Roman Seleznev, the son of a Russian lawmaker, received the longest sentence for hacking-related charges in the U.S. Seleznev was convicted for running a credit card and identity theft business […]