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Asian School of Cyber Laws
This high-profile case, known as
“Operation Firewall,” focused on a
criminal organization of some 4,000
members whose Web site
functioned as a hub for identity theft
activity.
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In 2003, a hacker was convicted in
the USA for causing losses of
almost $25 million. The defendant
pleaded guilty to numerous charges
of conspiracy, computer intrusion,
computer fraud, credit card fraud,
wire fraud, and extortion.
The hacker and his accomplices
from Russia had stolen usernames,
passwords, credit card information,
and other financial data by hacking
into computers of US citizens. They
would then extort money from those
victims with the threat of deleting
their data and destroying their
computer systems.
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