NEWARK, N.J. – A Russian national appeared in Newark federal court today after being extradited from the Netherlands to face charges that he conspired in the largest international hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted in the United States, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Joseph P. Clancy and Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell and announced.
Vladimir Drinkman, 34, of Syktyykar and Moscow, Russia, was arrested in the Netherlands on June 28, 2012, and charged in a scheme that targeted major corporate networks, stole more than 160 million credit card numbers, and resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. He had been detained by the Dutch authorities pending the resolution of the extradition proceedings.
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