Indian behind greatest cyber heist in world?
A yet to be identified Indian hacker is being accused of plotting the greatest cyberheist in history. Scotland’s Sunday Herald newspaper has reported that he allegedly helped a criminal gang with Russian mafia links steal the identities of an estimated eight million people, in a hacking raid that could ultimately net more than £2.8 billion in illegal funds.
He is believed to have breached the IT defences of Britain’s Best Western hotel group’s online booking system. It is not clear, however, how his identity as an Indian became known.
The Best Western chain has more than 4,000 hotels in 80 countries. The hacking led to the personal details of every single customer who booked into one of Best Western’s 1,312 hotels in Europe since 2007 being accessed to fraudsters, the newspaper reported on Sunday.
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He is believed to have breached the IT defences of Britain’s Best Western hotel group’s online booking system. It is not clear, however, how his identity as an Indian became known.
The Best Western chain has more than 4,000 hotels in 80 countries. The hacking led to the personal details of every single customer who booked into one of Best Western’s 1,312 hotels in Europe since 2007 being accessed to fraudsters, the newspaper reported on Sunday.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.asianage.com
Labels: booking system, Britain’s Best Western hotel groups, criminal, cyberheist, hacking raid, IT defences, links steal, Russian mafia
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