Many of us have experienced having our credit cards compromised, but how do people accomplish this? How do you go about getting someone's personal information when they may be or countries away? Today's Mugshot tells the story of Roman Seleznev, a Russian hacker responsible for more monetary damage than any other hacker to date.

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Sources:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/roman-seleznev/
https://www.cyberscoop.com/roman-seleznev-sentence-cyberfraud-ring/
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russian-cyber-criminal-sentenced-14-years-prison-role-organized-cybercrime-ring-responsible
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/russian-hacker-roman-selezny-gets-27-years-u-s-cyberattacks-n749531
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/01/roman_seleznev_track2_jailed/