Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Cyber crime ATM

"Global cyber, ATM heist nets thieves $45 million from 26 counties" In the year 2013 a network of many different thieves stole a total of $45 million from ATM'S in 26 different countries. In New York City the thieves stole $2.8 million alone. The thieves netted $40 million in just 10 hours. They stole debit card information from databases and use to create fake cards that were masked as real ones and then foot soldiers went out to ATM'S and stole as much as they could. The thieves were doing this simply to get rich because after they had their wallets full they posted flashy pictures of designer items, piles of cash and such to social media. Obviously on their part that was a stupid move and the FBI are looking for posts like that get their suspects. They eventually got 8 suspects and put them in prison. But this was one of the biggest ATM heists ever and they did get away with a lot of money. ATM's I feel need to more secure because there are a lot of ATM breaches and people using skimmers and videos to record people's pins and such which allows them to steal. But ATM's need to get more secure so things like this can be prevented and people feel safe using them. 

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