Security News > 2020 > January > Three Magecart Hackers Arrested in Indonesia

Three individuals suspected of being involved in Magecart online skimming attacks were arrested late last year in Indonesia.

The arrests were made as part of an international effort called Operation Night Fury, which saw participation from Interpol's ASEAN Cyber Capability Desk and Indonesian Cyber Police, as well as private cybersecurity company Group-IB. Over the past couple of years, numerous hacking groups have been operating under the Magecart umbrella, infecting thousands of e-commerce websites with JavaScript code designed to steal customers' credit card data.

The three suspects, identified only by their initials, were arrested in Jakarta and Yogyakarta on December 20.

One of the arrested individuals apparently admitted on Indonesian television to injecting web skimmers on various websites since 2017, Sanguine Security reports.

The hackers used VPNs to access the servers storing stolen data and their skimmer's control servers, and relied only on stolen credit card data to pay for hosting services and buy new domains.

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