Four Romanians were charged with hacking into the credit card processing system at more than 150 Subway restaurants and 50 other unnamed retailers, according to an indictment.The hackers steal millions of dollars using the compromised Credit card data of more than 80,000 customers .
Starting in 2008, these suspects hacked into more than Point of Sale(Pos) systems and installed Keyloggers and other spywares to steal the customer credit/debit card numbers, also placed backdoors to get unauthorized access to the system.
The hackers used some kind of vulnerability scanner to find the vulnerable POS systems with certain remote desktop software applications installed on them. After finding the vulnerable system, the break into the system by guessing passwords or using Password Crackers.
After compromising the credit card data, they cloned some credit cards and used them to make illegal purchases , mainly in Europe. Also they sold the other credit card data.
The indictment, filed in US District Court in New Hampshire, named Adrian-Tiberiu Oprea, 27, Iulian Dolan, 27, Cezar Iulian Butu, 26, and Florin Radu, 23. They were each charged with four counts, including conspiracy to commit computer fraud, wire fraud, and two counts of conspiracy to commit fraud in connection with access device.
Starting in 2008, these suspects hacked into more than Point of Sale(Pos) systems and installed Keyloggers and other spywares to steal the customer credit/debit card numbers, also placed backdoors to get unauthorized access to the system.
The hackers used some kind of vulnerability scanner to find the vulnerable POS systems with certain remote desktop software applications installed on them. After finding the vulnerable system, the break into the system by guessing passwords or using Password Crackers.
After compromising the credit card data, they cloned some credit cards and used them to make illegal purchases , mainly in Europe. Also they sold the other credit card data.
The indictment, filed in US District Court in New Hampshire, named Adrian-Tiberiu Oprea, 27, Iulian Dolan, 27, Cezar Iulian Butu, 26, and Florin Radu, 23. They were each charged with four counts, including conspiracy to commit computer fraud, wire fraud, and two counts of conspiracy to commit fraud in connection with access device.
