$300,000 Stolen by Int. Gang

Police in the Turkish city of Izmir have arrested 17 members of an international gang who broke into online bank accounts and stole $300,000 from online banking customers.Law enforcement agencies have said the gang worked alongside three Russian hackers, who allegedly provided them with banking user names and passwords stolen through spyware planted on unwitting users’ computers. The Russian Crackers reportedly shared the password information of thousands of Turks in exchange for 10% of the stolen money.

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