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Teenagers jailed for running ..16m internet crime forum!

Police estimate losses from the thousands of credit details traded over the site, Gh0stMarket.net, amount to ..16.2m. Site had 8,000 members worldwide and was linked to hundreds of thousands of pounds of registered losses on 65,000 bank accounts. Site contained manuals such as “14 ways of hacking credit cards” and “running cards on eBay” It sold hacking software and instructions on how to make crystal meth and explosives. Site’s owner and founder Nicholas Webber jailed for five years and Ryan Thomas for four years.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2011/03/teenagers-jailed-for-running-16m.html

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