Largest Hacking Scheme in U.S. History Uncovered

Four Russians and a Ukrainian are being charged with operating an enormous hacking organization that for the past seven years, been breaking into major corporate networks in the United States and around the world.
Indictments were announced today in Newark, New Jersey. The attorney called it the largest hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted in the United States.
The hackers acquired more than 160 million credit and debit card numbers, which were then sold on the black market.
Losses are estimated to be in hundreds of millions of dollars.
Corporate victims include the NASDAQ, 7-Eleven, Carrefour, JCP, Hannaford, Heartland, Wet Seal, Commidea, Dexia, JetBlue, Dow Jones, Euronet, Visa Jordan, Global Payment, Diners Singapore and Ingenicard.
The hackers are Vladimir Drinkman, Aleksander Kalinin, Roman Kotov, Dmitriy Smilianets, and Mikhaol Rytikov.