Help Net Security November 21, 2016
On 14 and 15 November 2016, the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation, the Spanish Guardia Civil, the British West Midlands Regional Cyber Crime Unit together with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and with the support of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) teamed up in a cross-continental joint action day aimed at breaking down an international card-not-present fraud network.
The operation took place simultaneously in Canada, Finland, Spain and the United Kingdom and resulted in 15 arrests.
Initiated by the Finnish authorities, the investigation uncovered that the members of the organised crime group (OCG) had in their possession more than 6 000 credit card details, which they had used to attack more than 170 e-merchants with fraudulent activities exceeding EUR 1 million.
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