Federal prosecutors called it "the robbery of the 21st century."
The US Attorney General of the Eastern District of New York announced this week that a third person has also pleaded guilty for involvement in the biggest robbery in the history of the internet that has earned 45.000.000 million dollars. THE Evan Jose Peña, 35 of years, said he was involved in the robbery.
Peña met his colleagues Emir Yasser Yeje and Elvis Rafael Rodriguez, (and the two 24 years old) in the prison where they are held on remand pending trial.
Και οι τρεις κατηγορούμενοι, “χρησιμοποιώντας στοιχεία που είχαν κλαπεί με τις πιο εξελιγμένες τεχνικές hacking to withdraw millions of dollars in just hours in an unprecedented cyber heist,” said US Attorney Loretta Lynch.
On two separate dates – the first time on December 22, 2012, and then on February 19, 2013 – the aforementioned defendants conspired and removed millions from machineATM machines, according to federal prosecutors.
Hackers penetrated the computer networks of two banks, the National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah PSC and Oman's Bank Muscat. They then altered the withdrawal limits on prepaid debit accounts. The hackers immediately then sent the information to their partners around the world who encoded the account information into magnetic cards.
Using these cards, the team was able to steal a large amount of money in a very short time.
The photo below is distributed by the US Law Office for the South District of New York and shows Rodriguez and Yeje with stacks of money.
