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Roman Seleznev. Roman Valerevich Seleznev[ a] (or Seleznyov, [ 2] Russian: Роман Валерьевич Селезнёв; born July 23, 1984), also known by his hacker name Track2, is a Russian computer hacker. Seleznev was indicted in the United States in 2011, and was convicted of hacking into servers to steal credit-card data.
Accounting. Operation Avalanche was a major United States investigation of child pornography on the Internet launched in 1999 after the arrest and conviction of Thomas and Janice Reedy, who operated an Internet pornography business called Landslide Productions in Fort Worth, Texas. [1] It was made public in early August 2001, at the end of ...
Albert Gonzalez. Albert Gonzalez (born 1981) is an American computer hacker, computer criminal and police informer, [1] who is accused of masterminding the combined credit card theft and subsequent reselling of more than 170 million card and ATM numbers from 2005 to 2007, the biggest such fraud in history. Gonzalez and his accomplices used SQL ...
“Place a 90-day fraud alert on your credit, file a police report immediately, and dispute all fraudulent accounts and charges. Freeze your credit at the three credit reporting agencies.”
Unfortunately, the only things scammers need to use a credit card are the card number, the security code on the back of the card and the primary cardholder's zip code. Once scammers collect all of ...
Barry Jay Minkow (born March 22, 1966) [ 1] is a former American businessman, pastor, and convicted felon. While still in high school, Minkow founded ZZZZ Best ( / ˈziːbɛst / [ 2] ), which appeared to be an immensely successful carpet-cleaning and restoration company. However, it was actually a front to attract investment for a massive Ponzi ...
The BackgroundChecks.org study found that 30-somethings are most susceptible, with Americans in this age group reporting 121,654 instances of credit card fraud during the first three quarters of 2023.
Max Butler. Max Ray Vision (formerly Max Ray Butler, alias Iceman) is a former computer security consultant [ 1] and hacker who served a 13-year prison sentence, the longest sentence ever given at the time for hacking charges in the United States. [ 2] He was convicted of two counts of wire fraud, including stealing nearly 2 million credit card ...