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Investigators find famous DJ's credit card details for sale

Armin Van Buuren is one of the world's most well-known trance music DJs. He also apparently has had his credit card details stolen.

By Jeremy Kirk | 04 September, 2010 04:17

Tags: Ultrascan, security, Credit card fraud, Armin Van Buuren, fraud
Visa fraud alert puts banks, payment processors on guard

Visa Inc. last week sent a fraud alert to banks and payment processors warning them to look out for a "large batch settlement fraud scheme" involving a merchant account in East Europe.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 12 May, 2010 08:17

Tags: trustwave, visa, Credit card fraud
Gonzalez sentenced for multimillion-dollar credit card scam

As his parents and sister silently wept, hacker mastermind Albert Gonzalez was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court to two concurrent 20-year stints in prison for his role in what prosecutors called the "unparalleled" theft of millions of credit and debit card numbers from major U.S. retailers.

By Nancy Weil | 26 March, 2010 08:24

Tags: USA government, data theft, legal, Credit card fraud, scams, hacker, cybercrime, prison
Gonzalez sentenced for multimillion dollar credit card scam

Hacker mastermind Albert Gonzalez was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court to two concurrent 20-year stints in prison for his role in what prosecutors called the "unparalleled" theft of millions of credit card numbers from major U.S. retailers.

By Nancy Weil | 26 March, 2010 06:31

Tags: Turkey, US, retail, Credit card fraud, russia
Counterfeit card fraud drops by half in the UK

Fraud losses due to counterfeit payment cards fell by half in 2009 from the year prior in the U.K., but online banking losses continued to rise, according to new banking industry figures released Wednesday.

By Jeremy Kirk | 11 March, 2010 08:17

Tags: security, Credit card fraud, UK, fraud