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RBS WorldPay Hacker Gets Hefty Sentence

A hacker involved in the RBS WorldPay network intrusion in 2008 led to $9 million in fraudulent ATM withdrawals has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. In addition to his prison term, he has been ordered to pay restitution totaling $8.4 million. The hacker group used techniques to compromise the encryption on the card processing system, authorities say. The personal information of 1.5 million cardholders may have been affected in the 2008 breach, the company said in January 2009. In August 2012, Sonya Martin, a Chicago resident who was the accused leader of one of the hacking cells, was sentenced to 30 months.”]

Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/rbs-worldpay-hacker-gets-hefty-sentence-a-7481

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