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Romanian Hackers arrested in USA
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In the last 18 months over 100 Romanian hackers were arrested by FBI, in collaboration with Romanian Police, says Robert Mueller, FBI director.
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Romanian computer programmers have scared the United States, after having used the IT knowledge to commit many crimes over the Internet. As a result, over 100 Romanian were arrested in the joint actions of the authorities in Bucharest and in Washington.
The FBI director, Robert Mueller, the fight against crime information came following complaints from several U.S. companies that have threatened to break ties with Romania because of attacks by hackers.
Consequently, in a year and a half, over 100 Romanian employees were detained by security forces in the U.S., to commit more fraud on the Internet.
Stealing 10 million dollars in just 24 hours
FBI Director explained how hackers operate Romanian, in a press conference in San Francisco.
"The attackers entered the encrypted system and stole account numbers and PINs. They made more than 400 forged bank cards and have recruited hundreds of people around the world. In just 24 hours, nearly 280 cities have managed to steal about 10 million dollars, "said FBI Director Robert S. Mueller.
Romanian hackers broke 21 servers in the U.S. government
Among the charges brought Romania include identity theft, theft of confidential data and crime with credit cards. The suspects arrested by Romanian poliştilor were part of an international network.
"We collaborated with Romanian police to arrest more than 100 Romanian cyber-criminals in the last 18 months. Four years ago, several American companies have threatened to cease all contact with Romania because of computer crime in this country", Mueller said, according realitatea.net.
In April 2008, another famous hacker arrested in Romania. Vlăduţ as it was known on the internet, damage online auction site eBay with two million dollars.
In 1999, several Romanian hackers were allied with an organization similar to Russian in one step called "War on the Internet" and broke in just two months 21 government servers, including the Ministry of Finance of the United States of Financial Services, Army and Naval bases-Air.
P.S. Romania is member of NATO and EU.
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