http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/tsurikov-extradition/ By Kim Zetter Threat Level Wired.com August 9, 2010 One of the alleged ringleaders behind the 2008 hack of RBS WorldPay has been extradited to the U.S., where he was arraigned Friday in the Northern District of Georgia on charges that he helped coordinate the global $9.5 million bank card heist. Sergei Tsurikov, 26, of Tallinn, Estonia, has been charged in Atlanta with wire fraud, computer fraud, aggravated identity theft and two conspiracy charges involving wire and computer fraud. Tsurikov was indicted in the U.S. last November with Viktor Pleshchuk, 28, of St. Petersburg; Oleg Covelin, 28, of Chisinau, Moldova; and a fourth person identified only as “Hacker 3″ for what the government has called “perhaps the most sophisticated and organized computer fraud attack ever conducted.” Igor Grudijev, 32, Ronald Tsoi, 32, Evelin Tsoi, 21, and Mihhail Jevgenov, 34, all of Tallinn, Estonia, were also indicted on access device fraud charges related to the hack. Tsurikov, Grudijev, Jevgenov and both Ronald and Evelin Tsoi were convicted in Estonia of fraud. Pleshchuk was arrested by the Russian Federal Security Service, or FSB, earlier this year, but because the U.S. lacks an extradition treaty with Russia, it’s unlikely Pleshchuk will follow Tsurikov’s footsteps to the U.S. Covelin was still a fugitive earlier this year; his current status is unknown. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Georgia has not yet responded to a call from Threat Level. The hack of RBS involved cracking the PINs for payroll debit cards -- the holy grail of bank card hacking. [...] -- Visit InfoSec News! http://www.infosecnews.org/Received on Mon Aug 09 2010 - 23:14:03 PDT
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