Cyber-gang robs 7-11, everybody acts all amazed

(((At least they haven't been arrested and then let off because it's, like, so technically advanced to hack a 7-11.)))

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/atm-owner-cardt.html

Link: ATM-Owner Cardtronics Issues Non-Denial Denial in Citibank Breach | Threat Level from Wired.com.

We've all seen companies duck questions about a data breach by claiming that they'd love to talk, but they're cooperating with an ongoing criminal investigation, and thus are sworn to secrecy.

At the Citibank branch at 65th Street and Madison Avenue in New York City, a bank official caught a man in the act of allegedly looting customer accounts in May. Some $180,000 had been stolen from Upper East Side ATMs in the preceding three days.

But Cardtronics, which owns the 7-Eleven ATMs implicated in a massive leak of PIN codes and millions of dollars in lost Citibank cash, treads new ground with this press release, which wields the exact opposite logic: They aren't cooperating in a criminal investigation, and therefore have nothing to say....

(((Fun part:)))

"Ten people have been arrested so far in the case – five for allegedly making fraudulent withdrawals, ((("smurfs"))) three more for conspiracy, (((they knew the guy))) one for obstruction of justice, (((wouldn't tlk, too scared and/or loyal))) and one for money laundering. (((Fence.))) Two of them named a Russian cybercrook as the kingpin. (((And the programmer, I have little doubt.)))