SOFIA, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Bulgarian State Agency for National Security (SANS) has revealed a "large-scale cybercrime" and arrested a Nigerian national who had stolen money from bank accounts, the agency said Wednesday.
SANS revealed that by using specialized electronic communications technology, the Nigerian has been remotely intercepting the Internet traffic of various users and illegally accessed mailboxes and e-banking, the statement said.
He used the illegally acquired data to perform transactions to bank accounts of companies and third parties controlled by him, SANS said.
During the investigation, the security officers have confiscated a lot of data disks, laptops, mobile phones and Wi-Fi antennas, the statement added.
Since April this year, Bulgarian security services have arrested a 25-member Bulgarian credit card fraud gang operating abroad, as well busted three workshops for skimming equipment in the city of Varna, and seized four full sets of skimming equipment at Danube Bridge checkpoint near the northwestern town of Vidin.
