In a federal Indictment that was unsealed on March 15, 2013, in Boston, MA, federal prosecutors allege that sometime around 2011, Shahin Abdollahi, aka “Sean Holdt,” 46, of Lake Elsinore, CA, and Jeffrey Thomas Wilkinson, 35, of Rialto, CA, conspired to remotely hack into point-of-sale (“POS”) systems in Subway restaurant franchises around the country; and, in fact, apparently managed to hack into at least 13 Subway POS systems. These systems allow merchants to manage customer purchases made by credit, debit and gift cards. …read more
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