Meet the hacker whose team stole $14m in two days
An Albanian hacker accused of being involved in a $14m cyber attack pleaded guilty to bank fraud in a New York hearing on Friday.
Qendrim Dobruna, 27, stole card data from a US payment service working with American Red Cross, using the information to withdraw money from cash points worldwide.
US attorney Loretta Lynch said: "The defendant and his associates hacked into the global financial system and helped themselves to funds using prepaid debit cards meant for the needy and vulnerable." More than 15,000 cash point transactions took place in around 18 states, with the attack taking place over two days in February 2011, according to Information Week.
