Η Government Thailand's Savings Bank (GSB) announced yesterday the closure of 3.300 of its 7.000 ATMs following the discovery of a heist that allowed fraudsters to make off with US$378.000.
The robbery in ATMs took place between August 1 and 8 and targeted automatic take-off machines manufactured by NCR, a US-based company that manufactures and markets hardware 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 closed the 47% of automatic take-off machines. The bank did not disable all NCR ATMs. He has left 600 machines to work even though they are in well-supervised areas.
According to authorities, the fraudsters have installed malware on the ATMs software which disconnects the machine from the bank's network and delivers to the fraudsters money. This software has not been detected yet.
The scammers robbed 21 ATMs in Thailand at 6 as a whole provinces throughout the country, operating in groups late in the evening.
