Stolen credit card details 'worth £300m' recovered

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

http://www.thinkmoney.com/credit-cards/news/stolen-credit-cards-worth-300m-recovered-0-4788.htm

Details stolen from over a million credit cards throughout Europe -
estimated to be worth around £300 million - have been recovered by the
Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) intelligence agency, The
Telegraph reports.

Foreign Secretary William Hague said the agency had worked alongside
the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) to recover the
information stolen by credit card thieves as part of a continuing
'cyber war' fought against 'foreign states and criminals'.
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