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US arrests key members of cyber crime group

by VTV402 August 2018 Last updated at 22:09 PM

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VTV.vn - Three key members of a "prolific hacking group" that allegedly stole millions of credit card numbers have been arrested in an international operation.

The group - known as both "FIN7" and "the Carbanak Group" - stole more than 15 million customer card records from businesses in the US, UK, Australia and France.

FIN7 is considered to be a sophisticated professional hacking group that also targeted financial organisations in Russia, according to research by cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab.

There are reports that one bank lost more than $7m when FIN7 hackers forced its ATMs to dispense cash at pre-planned times when henchmen would collect it. Sealte Federal court has accused three Ukrainian citizens on 26 counts involving fraud and cyber attacks .