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3 Alleged Members of Cybercrime Group FIN7 Arrested

by Masood Farivar

   U.S. authorities announced on Wednesday the arrests of three alleged
   members of a major Eastern European cybercrime group known as FIN7,
   accusing the hackers of attacking more than 100 U.S. companies in
   recent years and stealing millions of customer credit and debit card
   records.

   The authorities identified the suspects as Ukrainian nationals Dmytro
   Fedorov, 44, Fedir Hladyr, 33 and Andrii Kolpakov, 30. Hladyr is in
   federal custody in Seattle after being arrested in Germany in January
   and extradited to the United States. Fedorov and Kolpakov remain in
   custody in Poland and Spain, respectively, pending their extradition to
   the United States.

   Since at least 2015, FIN7, also known as the Carbanak Group and the
   Navigator Group, "engaged in a highly sophisticated malware campaign"
   to attack U.S. companies, including Chipotle Mexican Grill, Chili's,
   Arby's, Red Robin and Jason's Deli, and local businesses in Western
   Washington state, according to U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes.

   "Cybercriminals who believe that they can hide in faraway countries and
   operate behind keyboards without getting caught are just plain wrong,"
   Hayes said.

   In the U.S., the group hacked companies in 47 states and the District
   of Columbia, "stealing more than 15 million customer card records from
   over 6,500 individual point-of-sale terminals at more than 3,600
   separate business locations," according to a statement by the U.S.
   attorney's office.