According to Russian media, 6 men have been arrested at the request of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
The men are suspected of stealing and selling credit cards online.
“The Tverskoy Court of Moscow received petitions from the investigation to select a measure of restraint in the form of detention against six people suspected of committing a crime under part 2 of article 187 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Illegal circulation of means of payment”),” said press court clerk Ksenia Rozina in a statement to TASS Russian News Agency.
It has not been specified what hacking groups the arrested individuals were allegedly affiliated with.