Two hackers who took part in a hacking scheme that involved more than 146,000 compromised cards leading to more than $10 million in losses, pleaded guilty today in a New Hampshire court. One agreed to spend seven years behind bars, while the other agreed to spend 21-months locked up.
Iulian Dolan and Cezar Butu, both Romanian nationals, admitted that between 2009 and 2011, they cooperated with co-conspirator Adrian-Tiberiu Oprea, who is awaiting trial after being extradited to the U.S. in May, to hack into hundreds of U.S.-based point of sale (POS) systems to steal credit and debit card numbers and then use the stolen payment card data to make unauthorized charges or sell the stolen card data to others who would do the same.
Written by: jpeterson at https://www.teamshatter.com/topics/database-security/point-of-sale-hackers-plead-guilty-to-scheme-face-prison-time/
