Federal Probe Uncovers E-Commerce Hacking Dangers and Card Fraud Risks

The federal government's central computer-crime bureau reported today that there is an ongoing and organized series of hacker attacks against e-commerce Web sites that has resulted in the theft of more than 1 million individual credit-card numbers.. . . The federal government's central computer-crime bureau reported today that there is an ongoing and organized series of hacker attacks against e-commerce Web sites that has resulted in the theft of more than 1 million individual credit-card numbers.

The National Infrastructure Protection Center said it has been working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Secret Service for several months on the investigation and has identified more than 40 victim sites in 20 states.

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