[pchelpers] News:Indian hacker alleged brain behind biggest cyber-heist

24 Aug, 2008, 2321 hrs IST, IANS
LONDON: An unknown Indian hacker is being charged with the greatest
cyber-heist in history for allegedly helping a criminal gang steal
identities of an estimated eight million people in a hacking raid that
could ultimately net more than 2.8 billion pounds in illegal funds. 

An investigation by Scotland's Sunday Herald newspaper has discovered
that late on Thursday night a previously unknown Indian hacker
successfully breached the IT defences of UK's Best Western Hotel group's
online booking system and sold details of how to access it through an
underground network operated by the Russian mafia.

More here:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Indian_hacker_alleged_brain_behind_biggest_cyber-heist/articleshow/3400493.cms
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