From: lyger (lygerattrition.org)
Date: Sat Aug 23 2008 - 22:08:45 CDT

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http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2432225.0.0.php

AN INTERNATIONAL criminal gang has pulled off one of the most audacious
cyber-crimes ever and stolen the identities of an estimated eight million
people in a hacking raid that could ultimately net more than 2.8billion in
illegal funds.

A Sunday Herald investigation has discovered that late on Thursday night,
a previously unknown Indian hacker successfully breached the IT defences
of the Best Western Hotel group's online booking system and sold details
of how to access it through an underground network operated by the Russian
mafia.

It is a move that has been dubbed the greatest cyber-heist in world
history. The attack scooped up the personal details of every single
customer that has booked into one of Best Western's 1312 continental
hotels since 2007.

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