So, this hacker, Lin Mun Poo, flies in to the US after having breached the Federal Reserve network and gets busted with 400,000 credit card numbers. He was trying to sell some of them for $1000.
From NY Daily News:
The stolen card numbers were found on his encrypted laptop after he was nabbed, and officials said Poo had come to the U.S. to get more stolen cards and PINs and steal from ATMs.
Poo has also confessed to breaking into networks of several international banks and a major Defense contractor, the complaint states.
Found on his encrypted laptop? So, the safe money is on that this character was showing off the numbers on his laptop to a fed when he got nailed. Either that or he gave it up in a hope for a better deal. He was smart enough to gain access but, too stupid to get a money mule? Seems to have a few too many open loops in this story.
(Image used under CC from Frank Gumola)
