{"id":56705,"date":"2013-07-27T13:49:38","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T11:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=56705"},"modified":"2013-07-27T14:07:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-27T12:07:49","slug":"clan-owner-charged-in-global-bank-hacking-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/56705-clan-owner-charged-in-global-bank-hacking-scheme","title":{"rendered":"Clan owner charged in global bank hacking scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

The former owner of a Russian eSports and competitive gaming team has been arrested following the uncovering of an elaborate hacking scheme.<\/p>\n

Dmitry \u201cddd1ms\u201d Smilianets, along with 4 others, has been charged with committing the \u201clargest hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dmitry and the others targeted major payment processors, retailers and financial institutions around the world over the course of seven years, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. The global hacking operation enabled them to steal the bank card numbers of more than 160 million people.<\/p>\n

While not hacking into NASDAQ, Visa Jordan, the Belgian bank Dexia, and Diners Singapore (among others), Smilianets was the owner of Moscow 5 \u2013 a professional League of Legends, Dota 2, and Counter-Strike clan group.<\/p>\n

The Moscow 5 team has now been appointed a new manager and the League of Legends team has reformed under a new name \u2013 Gambit Gaming.<\/p>\n

Source: Gamespot<\/a><\/h6>\n

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