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: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @02:22AM
Do the ATM fillers carry keys that have to be turned simultaneously to open the ATM? Do they carry guns, so one of them can shoot the other one, if one tries to steal? What if they both decide to steal and split the money?
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @03:04AM