Saturday, April 23, 2011

Who Has Two Thumbs and 675,000 Stolen Credit Card Accounts?



This guy:

WASHINGTON – A computer hacker from Georgia pleaded guilty Thursday to fraud and identity theft after authorities found more than 675,000 stolen credit card accounts on his home computers.
Credit card companies have traced more than $36 million in fraudulent transactions to the accounts that were breached by Rogelio Hackett Jr., 26, of Lithonia, Ga.
Court documents indicate that Hackett built a reputation for himself as a teenager in the hacking community and had been stealing account information for roughly a decade. Typically, he sold the account data to others, who would use them to make fraudulent charges.
With a dipslay of some astounding legal haggling skills, he is only facing 2-12 years in prison.  It is believed that he has earned over $100,000 in selling accounts to fellow thieves.  Authorities say he may have supported himself for the last few years solely from income from this activity.  This is the new criminal of our era.  He isn't a big brute, he doesn't have to be.  He can weigh a buck thirty and as long as he can type fast and think like a computer, he is a threat to any organization or person who crosses his path.  This is the guy who would be able to exploit something like Apple's recent fiasco  

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