兩俄羅斯黑客盜取販賣他人身份在美國被判監禁

Two Russian nationals have been given long prison terms for their roles in a global computer hacking ring that stole more than 160 million credit card numbers and cost its victims hundreds of millions of dollars.

The Justice Department calls it one of the biggest data breach schemes in U.S. history.

A federal judge in New Jersey sentenced Vladimir Drinkman, 37, to 12 years behind bars and Dmitriy Smilianets, 34, to more than four years in prison.

Three suspected co-conspirators are still at large.

U.S. prosecutors accuse the five defendants of stealing names, passwords and credit and debit card numbers from corporate computer networks, and selling that information to others around the world.

Those who bought the stolen information encoded it on magnetic strips on plastic cards and used the cards in ATMs and other devices to buy goods and services.

The defendants used a number of methods to hide their crimes.

The Justice Department said corporations and consumers lost hundreds of millions of dollars. They say the losses suffered by those whose identities were stolen are "immeasurable."兩名俄羅斯公民參加一個全球電腦黑客團伙，盜取了1億6000萬張信用卡的號碼，給受害者造成數億美元的損失，被美國聯邦法院判處長期監禁。

美國司法部說，這是美國曆史上最大規模的數據失竊案件之一。

新澤西州的一位聯邦法官判處37歲的弗拉基米爾·德林克曼12年徒刑，判處34歲的德米特里·斯米利亞涅茨4年以上徒刑。

還有3名同謀嫌疑人仍然在逃。

美國檢察官指控這5名被告從公司電腦網絡盜取名字、密碼以及信用卡和借記卡的號碼，然後在世界範圍出售。

購買了這些信息的人把信息植入信用卡或借記卡的磁條，然後在自動櫃員機提款或通過其它方式購買產品和服務。

這些被告用多種方法掩蓋他們的犯罪行爲。

美國司法部說，很多公司和消費者損失了數億美元，而身份被盜者遭受的痛苦難以估量。