Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
A man allegedly behind some of the world’s biggest and most lucrative hacks is going to be tried in US courts. Turkish citizen Ercan Findikoglu has been extradited to the United States and is being charged with helping execute a series of “cybercrime campaigns,” which valued at $55 million in a New York court. The indictment from the US Department of Justice accuses Findikoglu and his hacking group of targeting a slew of credit card processors and organizations that make prepaid debit cards. Many of the hacks in question resulted in millions of dollars being withdrawn worldwide in a matter of minutes. According to the indictment, which was released today by the Department of Justice, Findikoglu went by the online aliases of “Segate” and “Predator.” He is accused of helping facilitate hacks that resulted in “stealing and manipulating confidential account information for financial gain,” the indictment reads. Specifically, the DOJ is alleging that Findikoglu and others hacked three prominent payment processors: Fidelity National Information Services, ElectraCard Services, and enStage. After gaining access to these processors Findikolgu and his crew allegedly targeted prepaid debit cards and “dramatically increased the account balances.” The indictment then says that they allegedly sold the information of these […]
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