Prison for large digital bank robbery

new york - A 35-year-old Turkish hacker has received eight years in prison in the United States. Findikoglu Ercan, who used the pseudonyms Segate, Predator and Oreon, was one of the key figures behind three major cyber attacks. That $ 55 million was captured, converted more than 50 million.

Findikoglu and his accomplices broke into the systems of companies that process credit card transactions. They took prepaid cards and then removed the limit. Other accomplices were then unlimited pins.

One of the affected institutions were Bank Muscat, the leading bank in Oman. In 2013, pinned the robbers 36. 000 times in 24 countries. The bank lost $ 40 million. In 2011 and 2012 were JPMorgan Chase and RAKBANK robbed from the United Arab Emirates. That made the hackers totaling $ 15 million prize.

Findikoglu was sentenced to 19.5 years in prison for similar offenses in Turkey in 2012. He was on bail, but went ahead and was arrested in 2013 in Germany. This country gave him over to the US When he has served his sentence in America, he should go to Turkey in order to serve his sentence.

During the trial he repented. ' I had my talents to use for anything. Instead, I wasted them, '' he said.