FYI...

- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26041151
Aug. 5, 2008 - "The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it had charged 11 people in connection with the hacking of nine major U.S. retailers and the theft and sale of more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers. It is believed to be the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice. The charges include conspiracy, computer intrusion, fraud and identity theft. The indictment returned Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Boston alleges that the people charged hacked into the wireless computer networks of retailers including TJX Cos, BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority, Forever 21 and DSW... Under the indictments unsealed Tuesday, three of the defendants are U.S. citizens, one is from Estonia, three are from Ukraine, two are from China and one is from Belarus. One individual is only known by an alias online, and his place of origin is unknown. In the Boston indictment, Albert "Segvec" Gonzales of Miami, who is accused of leading the scheme, was charged with computer fraud, wire fraud, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy. He faces a maximum penalty of life in prison if he is convicted of all the charges. Indictments were unsealed Tuesday in San Diego against Maksym "Maksik" Yastremskiy of Kharkov, Ukraine, and Aleksandr "Jonny Hell" Suvorov of Sillamae, Estonia. The indictments charge them with crimes related to the sale of the stolen credit card data. Furthermore, indictments against Hung-Ming Chiu and Zhi Zhi Wang, both of China, and a person known only by the online nickname "Delpiero" were also unsealed in San Diego."
- http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/August/08-ag-689.html

- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/06/id...d_hacking_case/
6 August 2008