A carding kingpin was tracked by the Secret Service. How did he steal the cards? Where was he stealing them from? How much was he making doing this? And where did he go wrong? Find out all this and more as we listen to how the Secret Service investigated the case.
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Sources/Links
- Watch the two prosecutors talk about the case at Black Hat
- https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/seattle-jury-convicts-russian-man-of-massive-business-hacking-id-theft-scheme/
- http://ia902504.us.archive.org/22/items/gov.uscourts.wawd.174096/gov.uscourts.wawd.174096.docket.html
- https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/WD_Wash_2-14-mj-00319.pdf
- https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/07/feds-charge-carding-kingpin-in-retail-hacks/
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/russian-cyber-criminal-sentenced-14-years-prison-role-massive-online-identity-theft-and
- http://aztechbeat.com/2014/07/phoenix-zoo-serial-hacker/
- http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2013/04/the-grill-on-broadway-to-close-ending-22-year-run-on-broadway/
- PACER court records
Attribution
Cover image this episode created by 𝕄årç ∆⃝ 𝕄ølïñårō.
Theme music created by Breakmaster Cylinder. Theme song available for listen and download at bandcamp. Or listen to it on Spotify.
Additional music by Epidemic Sound.
Transcript
[FULL TRANSCRIPT]
JACK: A stolen credit card can be worth hundreds of dollars. It’s actual money. When hackers steal thousands of them, they don’t have the time or capability to cash out on all these cards so they turn to online marketplaces to sell their cache of stolen cards. In this episode we’ll track down a hacker who’s stealing credit cards and selling them.