before this workweek , Taiwanese hackerstricked ATMsinto unloading piles of cash — more than $ 2 million dollar , in fact — without using a mention card . rather of using a stolen credit circuit card like most ATM thieves , these mask robber used a computer program and walk away with piles of cash in a backpack .
The two hack were reportedly capable to complete their stickup in less than 10 instant . The malicious code on the ATMs first had it dump immediate payment , and then clean house up evidence that the code ever subsist . concord to Taiwanese law , it appear that the money making code was deploy by some kind of twist , potentially a smartphone . The German manufacture of the ATMs said they had dispatched investigators to Taiwan to find out on the dot what happened .
“ It is still not clear how the defendant steal such a orotund amount of money from the ATMs , ” a Chinese officialtoldAgence France - Presse . “ My understanding is this is the first time such a felonious method has been discovered here . ”
The Formosan bank has shut down multiple cash machine since the attack , presumably so hacker do n’t shake down the machines for millions in just a few second all over again .
[ AFP ]
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