It may be one of the biggest bank robberies to date. Hackers managed to raise hundreds of millions of dollars from more than 100 banks in 30 countries. According to her upcoming report Kaspersky Lab, the event could be "the most sophisticated attack the world has seen to date."
Kaspersky Lab's analysis, which will be published next Monday, was published in part by the New York Times. The company better safetys of cyberspace was called upon to investigate a theft cash from ATMs in Ukraine a year ago. But, according to The Times, ATMs were just the beginning:
“The bank's internal computers, used by its employees who process daily transfers, had malware installed that allowed cybercriminals to record their every move. The malware lurked for months, sending back feeds of videos and images that information στην εγκληματική team – για το πως λειτουργούσε η Τράπεζα”, σύμφωνα με τους ερευνητές.
Once they had the necessary information, the hackers were able to imitate the Bank's employees, transferring money freely from US, Russian, Japanese and Swiss banks (among others) to various international accounts. According to the report, the scale of the attack could make it "one of the largest bank robberies ever committed."
And while cyber criminals have been able to collect at least 300.000.000 dollars globally, Kaspersky Lab believes the total could be almost three times larger than that.
So far, no names have been reported from the affected banks, but the majority of them are apparently from Russia, Japan and the US. Hackers appear to be spinning around 10 million dollars a year and as the security company probably says hack is still in progress.
And according to Kaspersky's report, it all started in the same way that every major hack breaks into an e-mail.
