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posted by janrinok on Tuesday November 22 2016, @11:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the loads-of-dosh dept.

Hackers Program Bank ATMs to Spew Cash

After crimes in Taiwan and Thailand, the FBI warns of similar potential attacks in U.S.

Cybercriminals who once earned millions by breaking into individual online bank accounts are now targeting the banks' own computers, with often-dramatic results.

In Taiwan and Thailand earlier this year, the criminals programmed bank ATMs to spew cash. Gang members stood in front of the machines at the appointed hour and collected millions of dollars.

Earlier this month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned U.S. banks of the potential for similar attacks. The FBI said in a bulletin that it is "monitoring emerging reports indicating that well-resourced and organized malicious cyber actors have intentions to target the U.S. financial sector."

[... In Taiwan ...] By July 11, criminals had collected more than 83 million New Taiwan dollars (US$2.6 million) in cash—without using ATM cards. Twenty-two people, most from Eastern Europe, waited by ATMs to remove the money. Three suspects were later arrested and over NT$77 million recovered.

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday November 23 2016, @12:04AM

    by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday November 23 2016, @12:04AM (#431578)

    Sure, Taiwanese people are unlikely to remember East-European "Foreigners" standing by cash machines, preventing people from getting to them at certain times... Said Foreigners are totally going to be unrecognizable on various bank surveillance cameras...
    Must have been a short investigation.

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