3 indicted in US for hacking into restaurant computer system

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — A Ukrainian and an Estonian were among three people charged in a scheme to hack into a computer system of a US restaurant chain to steal credit card data, the Justice Department said Monday.

An unsealed indictment alleged the three hacked into cash register terminals at 11 Dave & Buster's restaurants at locations around the United States to get credit and debit card information, which was sold to make fraudulent purchases. The losses were estimated at 600,000 dollars.

A 27-count indictment returned in Central Islip, New York, charges Maksym Yastremskiy of Ukraine and Aleksandr Suvorov of Estonia with wire fraud conspiracy and related charges.

A separate complaint charges Albert Gonzalez of Miami with wire fraud conspiracy related to the...