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The ‘Fly’ Has Been Swatted

Summary: Sergei "Fly" Vovnenko, a Ukrainian citizen who ran the Russian-language carding forum thecc.bz and moderated on Mazafaka, was arrested in Naples, Italy earlier this month after a joint investigation by Italian and U.S. law enforcement agents, reportedly while carrying identification under the assumed name Sergei Volneov. Investigators say he routinely bought Italian credit card dumps, cashed out stolen cards at high-end Italian stores, and owns equipment for embossing and printing credit cards; he is reportedly held in an Italian jail awaiting possible extradition to the United States.

Key Takeaway: The man who organized a plot to ship heroin to a reporter's home and spoof a neighbor's call to police was undone by his own operational security failures, including keylogging his wife's computer and leaving the reports in an email account. For security leaders, the case shows that a forum administrator handling stolen card data across borders can be identified, located, and arrested through the same loose ends most criminal enterprises leave behind.

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Data Breaches
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