Europol and Canadian cops round up POS terminal tampering gang

Pan-European law enforcement agency Europol has announced the take-down of a global gang of cybercrooks thought to be responsible for compromising point-of-sale (POS) terminals in Europe and North America, netting 30,000 sets of card details.

The investigation, referred to as “Operation Spyglass” (or “Project Lorgnette” to its French-speaking participants) was initiated last summer in Canada, and later drew in participation from French and German police forces as well as Canadian banking groups. Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) provided support and coordination.