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Raided US$ 1 Billion, This is How Hackers Rob Banks
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- A hacker group known as Carbanak has stolen more than US$ 1 billion from banks and financial institutions around the world in a period of two years.
- The group used a variety of techniques to steal money, including draining bank accounts, manipulating account balances, and controlling ATMs.
- Kaspersky Lab has revealed this hacking scheme and warned about the serious threat of cyber hacking.
A group of hackers is reported to have stolen US$1 billion from banks and financial institutions around the world. It is estimated that at least the group of hackers broke into 100 bank accounts from 30 countries around the world.
The hacking carried out by the hacker group named Carbanak is known to have taken about two years. Kaspersky Lab revealed several scenarios carried out by Carbanak when carrying out hacking attempts until they succeeded in raking in US$1 billion.
Sergey Golovanov, Principal Security Researcher at the Kaspersky Lab Global Research and Analysis Team, said. this cyber bank robbery is very shocking. He believes that there is no difference in software between what criminals use and banks themselves.
"The criminals don't even need to hack into bank services, after they get into the network, they learn how to hide their evil plans behind legitimate actions. It's a very slippery and professional cyber robbery," said Golovanov.
How did the online bank robbers do it? Here's the information.
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First, they will withdraw cash from the bank robbery carried out by Carbanak using online banking systems as well as international e-payments. Carbanak sends money from bank accounts to their own accounts.
It is estimated that the stolen money was deposited in banks located in China or America. However, experts revealed that there is a possibility that banks in other countries were also used as recipient banks.
Second, in other cases, hackers use bank account holders as shields and tear apart the heart of the accounting system. They inflate account balances before pocketing additional funds through fraudulent transactions.
They even make the exploited account holders unaware that they have been exploited to carry out robberies by hackers.
For example, if a bank account has US$1,000, these criminals change its value to US$10,000 and send US$9,000 to their account. The account holder doesn't suspect any problems because the amount remains unchanged, namely US$1,000.
Third, this method is perhaps slightly more traditional than other hacking schemes. Cyber criminals take control of bank ATMs and order them to dispense cash at predetermined times.
When payment is due, one of the criminal gang members waits next to the machine to collect the payment, which can be said to be given 'voluntarily'.
