Two Russian nationals have been given long prison terms for their roles in a global computer hacking ring that stole more than 160 million credit card numbers and cost its victims hundreds of millions of dollars.

The Justice Department calls it one of the biggest data breach schemes in U.S. history.

A federal judge in New Jersey sentenced Vladimir Drinkman, 37, to 12 years behind bars and Dmitriy Smilianets, 34, to more than four years in prison.

Three suspected co-conspirators are still at large.

U.S. prosecutors accuse the five defendants of stealing names, passwords and credit and debit card numbers from corporate computer networks, and selling that information to others around the world.

Those who bought the stolen information encoded it on magnetic strips on plastic cards and used the cards in ATMs and other devices to buy goods and services.

The defendants used a number of methods to hide their crimes.

The Justice Department said corporations and consumers lost hundreds of millions of dollars. They say the losses suffered by those whose identities were stolen are "immeasurable."

两名俄罗斯公民参加一个全球电脑黑客团伙，盗取了1亿6000万张信用卡的号码，给受害者造成数亿美元的损失，被美国联邦法院判处长期监禁。

美国司法部说，这是美国历史上最大规模的数据失窃案件之一。

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