According to the article, the carders are offering the cards in two batches, named “American Sanctions” and “European Sanctions”.
Yup saw that - if you factor in all the data thefts in like the last 17 months alone and
what was stolen, it all adds up to a nasty big picture. This ain't some dude pecking away on a laptop in his mom's basement on weekends - this is state-sponsored intelligence activity on a deep scale. They started off at the weakest link, the individual citizen-consumer, and have been steadily working their way up into major institutions. The ability to control & disrupt opposition as needed is the endgame.