Hackers steal up to $1 billion from banks
Cybersecurity firm says international hacking ring steals
up to $1 billion from banks
By Mae Anderson, AP Technology Writer
1 hour ago
NEW YORK (AP) -- A report from a cybersecurity firm says
an international hacking ring has stolen up to $1 billion from banks around the
globe in what would be one of the biggest banking breaches known.
The hackers have been active since at least the end of
2013 and infiltrated more than 100 banks in 30 countries, according to Russian
security company Kaspersky Lab.
After gaining access to banks' computers through phishing
schemes and other methods, they lurk for months to learn the banks' systems.
Then the hackers have programmed ATMs to dispense money at specific times or
set up fake accounts and transferred money into them.
Most of the targets have been in Russia and Eastern
Europe. But Kaspersky says banks in the U.S., Asia and elsewhere in Europe were
also targeted.
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