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| Hackers rob over 100 banks in 30 countries in 2013: Report |
| 2015-02-15 |
| [Iran Press TV] Hundreds of millions of dollars were stolen from more than 100 banks in 30 countries by a complicated cyber attack in 2013, a new report revealed. A group of European, Russian, and Chinese hackers carried out the attack in late 2013, stealing some USD 300 million in one of the world's largest bank robberies, The New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reported on Saturday. The hackers used malicious software that gave them long-term access to banking systems, the report added. According to the report, Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab was called to investigate the event after an ATM machine in Ukraine's capital city of Kiev started dispensing cash at apparently random times of day without anyone putting in a card or touching a button. To avoid detection, the hackers transferred the money in small-value amounts to bank accounts in various countries. Most of the stolen money was taken from banks in Russia, but banks in Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... and the United States also came under attack. The sophisticated operation was designed in such a way that the hackers could pick up money from ATM machines that had been forced to dispense cash at specific times and locations. |
| Posted by:Fred |