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California duo charged with selling ready-to-hack Point-of-Sale systems to Subway branches

Shahin Abdollahi, 46, and Jeffrey Thomas Wilkinson, 35, charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and wire fraud. Allegedly hacked into at least 13 Subway Point-of-Sale (PoS) systems. Used some of the hooky gift cards to make purchases at Subway branches in California. Sold other fraudulent cards on eBay and Craigslist. The pair ran a number of Subway franchises in Southern California between 2005 and 2008. They then quit the sandwich supply business and started a business called POS Doctor, selling and installing point of sale systems into the Subway ecosystem.”]

Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/03/18/california-duo-charged-with-selling-ready-to-hack-pos-systems/

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