Thailand's Government Savings Bank (GSB) announced yesterday the closure of 3.300 of its 7.000 ATMs after discovery robbery that allowed fraudsters to make off with $378.000.
The robbery in ATMs took place between August 1 to 8 and targeted machines automaticpickups manufactured by NCR, a US based company that manufactures and markets material used in the financial market.
After discovering the incident, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) warned all local banks banks owning machinery from NCR. The BoT reports that there are over 10.000 NCR ATMs across Thailand.
GSB shut down 47% of ATMs. THE bank did not disable all NCR ATMs. It has left 600 machines still working but in well-monitored areas.
According to the authorities, fraudsters have installed malware in automatic take-off machines that disconnects the machine from the bank's network and lends scammers money. This software has not yet been detected.
The scammers robbed 21 ATMs in Thailand at 6 as a whole provinces throughout the country, operating in groups late in the evening.
