AHMEDABAD: Cyber hackers are ducking for cover after the nation-wide police crackdown following the busting of the online shopping fraud by the Ahmedabad police.
After the arrest of their kingpins in Mumbai, Chennai and Ahmedabad, there are warnings posted on hacking websites against "indulging in 'carding' for the time being".
"Carding in hackers' jargon stands for dealing in a huge database containing confidential information of credit card holders such as user name, expiry date, credit value verification (CVV) numbers and address. Such data are kept by the IT division of any financial institute. Most of the times, hackers enter into protected servers and steal the data. They do it with utmost care and expertise. At any given time, there are more than 5,000 database available on various websites. However, to access it, one has to become member of the paid community," said Sunny Vaghela, a cyber security expert. These hacking websites had many members posting links to TOI's published stories on the online shopping fraud and discussed the implications of opening up of their network.
One post read: "Hope they will come out soon", about the hackers caught. Another read: "Oh s*@#! If they got cards from here then maybe we should close registrations quicker...damn that's lame...old members." In another community, a seeming veteran advised juniors "not to leave cyber footprints and clear up the record before logging out".
The same website forum has tutorials on how to hack into government and non-government organizations and to access backdoor password of financial gateways. After the surfacing of eBay hacking incidents, the website says, cyber crime cells are active in various affected countries and are keeping a tab on suspicious websites.
By Parth Shastri
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