Russian hacker captured in 2010 Broadway Grill data breach

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http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2014/07/russian-hacker-arrested-in-2010-broadway-grill-data-breach/

By jseattle
July 7, 2014

A 30-year-old Russian man was arrested over the weekend for a series of 
crimes involving hacking into point of sales systems at Washington 
restaurants including a data breach in 2010 that involved stealing credit 
card information from hundreds of customers of Capitol Hill’s Broadway 
Grill. The allegations detail at least $1.7 million in losses to banks and 
credit card companies from data stolen from the Capitol Hill restaurant’s 
point of sale system.

The U.S. Attorney’s office Monday morning announced the arrest of Roman 
Seleznev -- known as “Track2″ in “the criminal carding underground,” 
according to the announcement. Seleznev was indicted in 2011, according to 
the U.S. Attorney but wasn’t taken into custody until July 5th.

CHS reported on the status of the case earlier this year as we reported 
that authorities had still made no arrests in the 2010 crimes against 
customers of the Capitol Hill restaurant. Secret Service agent Bob 
Kierstead told CHS that investigators had contained and identified the 
malware used in the virtual attack but were still working to locate 
suspects. Kierstead did not tell CHS at the time that an indictment had 
been made.

The Broadway Grill shuttered in 2013 after owners said they struggled to 
recover from the negative publicity related to the wave of credit card 
fraud. Agent Kierstead told CHS there was no illegal activity from within 
Broadway Grill “whatsoever.”

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