Hackers stole $ 346000 Thai Bank, caused the shutdown of 3300 ATMs in country

In early June 2016 Taiwan was a strange robbery. Unknown perpetrators attacked ATMs in several cities of the country and anonymous way to get them to give all available cash. Total attackers managed to steal 2.18 million dollars. Now history repeated itself in Thailand. In the period from 1 to 8 August 2016, unknown removed in ATM Government Savings Bank (GSB) more than 12 million baht ( about $ 346,000 ). Bank representatives and law enforcement officials believe that the attackers hack ATMs using malware.

Recall that in June, the head of the Bank of Taiwan, told reporters that unknown persons attacked the sighting ATMs manufactured by the German company Wincor Nixdorf. Such Taiwan, there are about 5,000. Criminals simply came to ATMs , made ​​some manipulations , then the car willingly gave them the cash to hackers immediately packed in their backpacks.

As a result, on suspicion of involvement in the incident , the Taiwan authorities arrested latvians, romanian and moldavian , but several other suspects (including five Russian citizens ) managed to escape. Later, the detainees reported that the group consisted of 38 people.

Now a similar robbery was reported in the Bangkok police department. Unknown persons attacked 21 ATM owned Government Savings Bank, and kidnapped more than 12 million baht. Entries from surveillance cameras again showed that the robbers were foreigners from Eastern Europe.

The bank warned that all attacked machines were produced by of NCR, and the attackers apparently used a bug or malware, compromising company's ATMs. In total there are more than 10,000 ATMs NCR, of which about 7,000 belong to GBS. As a result, the bank has suspended the work of its 3,300 ATMs, leaving only operate those machines, which are located in a safe, protected areas , for example, in the offices of banks.

Local media reported that the case was not without a certain malware, by which attackers infected devices, and forced them to give all the available cash at 40,000 baht per time. While law enforcement agencies in Thailand are investigating the incident , with the support of colleagues from Taiwan's police, as between the two robberies suspect a link.

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