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Seven arrested in PIN-hack case

April 2, 2006

Digital Transactions:Authorities nabbed seven individuals this week as part of the U.S. Secret Service's newly disclosed Operation Rolling Stone undercover effort against cyber crime and payment card fraud, and more arrests are expected. Though the Secret Service is being cautious about releasing details about the ongoing investigation, some of the suspects are connected to the breach of PIN-debit card data that has compromised more than half a million accounts and undermined faith in personal identification numbers for card security.

The seven March 28 arrests bring to 21 the number of people apprehended as part of the broad investigation. However, the spokesperson would not confirm if the 14 earlier arrests were linked to card-fraud arrests.