Editor’s Note: Cross-posted from Regulatory Cybersecurity/FISMA Focus. Cigarette smuggling any cyber crimes are closely related, see here.
From: Associated Press via NY Daily News
7 sentenced use hacked credit cards to buy cigarettes
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Seven people are going to federal prison for using stolen credit card numbers and counterfeit gift cards to buy more than $1 million in cigarettes in North Carolina.
The defendants then sold those cigarettes on the black market, completing a scheme that began with stolen credit information they obtained from overseas hackers.