Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Two dozen people were arrested in 13 countries following a two-year FBI sting designed to catch credit card thieves, the New York Times reports.
The FBI created a website that appeared to contain credit card numbers and software to spy on computers so authorities could capture hackers, according to the Times.
“These guys represent the complete ecosystem of Internet fraud,” said one senior law enforcement official who requested anonymity because of the confidentiality of the investigation. “We drew them out of the shadows with the Web site as bait.”
The idea was to crack down on the increasing number of hackers who are obtaining credit card numbers and often selling them overseas.
