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A factory producing counterfeit cards was discovered and liquidated in the Moscow region. The detained carders operated with data from more than 2,000 compromised bank cards.
As CNews learned, police from the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate detained a group of carders - fraudsters involved in counterfeiting plastic cards and stealing money from bank client accounts . Director of Group-IB Ilya Sachkov told CNews about this , whose criminologists were involved by BSTM (Bureau of Special Technical Measures) in operational investigative activities.
The Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate did not comment on the detention of carders in connection with ongoing investigative measures, but a police source told CNews that it actually took place.
According to CNews, the arrest of the attackers occurred in early July 2011 in the satellite town of Mytishchi near Moscow . According to Group-IB , during the searches, about 700 counterfeit bank cards were discovered, 100 of which were ready for use by fraudsters. The databases seized from the attackers contained about 2,000 records related to compromised data of bank clients. The assessment of possible damage caused to card users is not disclosed in the interests of the investigation.
Forensic experts from Group-IB call the operation “a great success for Russian law enforcement agencies.” According to them, it is usually possible to detain only those minor members of the criminal group who are responsible for withdrawing money from ATMs or for installing skimmers, while the organizers of carding groups remain unpunished. This time it was possible to identify the direct organizer of the group and its IT specialists who were responsible for making maps and uploading data. Group-IB emphasizes that the attackers were caught red-handed.
As Group-IB reported to the publication, police carried out searches and arrests simultaneously in the office of the attackers and in the apartment of one of the group members.
Equipment for the production of counterfeit cards was found in the office: machines for stamping, drawing and identification data. Hard drives with compromised data from legal cards were also found there.
At the same time, a search took place in the apartment of one of the carders, where, as criminologists believe, data was uploaded to the cards. Ready-to-use plastic, embossing equipment, ATM parts, pads, skimmers and an automated programmer were found in the apartment. Group-IB forensic experts managed to detect and identify a flash drive and an external hard drive on which the attacker stored databases, and thus the carder was caught red-handed.
As far as CNews knows, a criminal case has been initiated against the detainees. Now Group-IB criminologists are conducting a computer and technical examination of the seized equipment to consolidate the evidence base.
Group-IB CEO Ilya Sachkov says that over the past year in Russia there has been an increase in theft of money by carders, including an increase in the use of skimmers built into ATMs . “I don’t think anyone can name the exact dynamics of this process, but speculatively we can estimate it as an increase of 200%. Two years ago we thought skimmers were a dying technology, but now we see it coming back to Russia.”
In September, CNews wrote about the massive theft of money from the cards of VTB24 bank clients.
(c) https://www.cnews.ru/news/top/politsiya_likvidirovala_pod_moskvoj_fabriku
As CNews learned, police from the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate detained a group of carders - fraudsters involved in counterfeiting plastic cards and stealing money from bank client accounts . Director of Group-IB Ilya Sachkov told CNews about this , whose criminologists were involved by BSTM (Bureau of Special Technical Measures) in operational investigative activities.
The Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate did not comment on the detention of carders in connection with ongoing investigative measures, but a police source told CNews that it actually took place.
According to CNews, the arrest of the attackers occurred in early July 2011 in the satellite town of Mytishchi near Moscow . According to Group-IB , during the searches, about 700 counterfeit bank cards were discovered, 100 of which were ready for use by fraudsters. The databases seized from the attackers contained about 2,000 records related to compromised data of bank clients. The assessment of possible damage caused to card users is not disclosed in the interests of the investigation.
Forensic experts from Group-IB call the operation “a great success for Russian law enforcement agencies.” According to them, it is usually possible to detain only those minor members of the criminal group who are responsible for withdrawing money from ATMs or for installing skimmers, while the organizers of carding groups remain unpunished. This time it was possible to identify the direct organizer of the group and its IT specialists who were responsible for making maps and uploading data. Group-IB emphasizes that the attackers were caught red-handed.
As Group-IB reported to the publication, police carried out searches and arrests simultaneously in the office of the attackers and in the apartment of one of the group members.
Equipment for the production of counterfeit cards was found in the office: machines for stamping, drawing and identification data. Hard drives with compromised data from legal cards were also found there.
At the same time, a search took place in the apartment of one of the carders, where, as criminologists believe, data was uploaded to the cards. Ready-to-use plastic, embossing equipment, ATM parts, pads, skimmers and an automated programmer were found in the apartment. Group-IB forensic experts managed to detect and identify a flash drive and an external hard drive on which the attacker stored databases, and thus the carder was caught red-handed.
As far as CNews knows, a criminal case has been initiated against the detainees. Now Group-IB criminologists are conducting a computer and technical examination of the seized equipment to consolidate the evidence base.
Group-IB CEO Ilya Sachkov says that over the past year in Russia there has been an increase in theft of money by carders, including an increase in the use of skimmers built into ATMs . “I don’t think anyone can name the exact dynamics of this process, but speculatively we can estimate it as an increase of 200%. Two years ago we thought skimmers were a dying technology, but now we see it coming back to Russia.”
In September, CNews wrote about the massive theft of money from the cards of VTB24 bank clients.
(c) https://www.cnews.ru/news/top/politsiya_likvidirovala_pod_moskvoj_fabriku
