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Interestingly this is not the first time it happens. 3 years ago: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/nyregion/eight-charged-in-45-million-global-cyber-bank-theft
by TheAlchemist 10y ago
Interestingly this is not the first time it happens. 3 years ago:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/nyregion/eight-charged-in-45-million-global-cyber-bank-thefts.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/nyregion/eight-charged-in-...
- raesene9 10y agoyeah this is a not uncommon style of attack there have been multiple instances http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/02/crooks-net-millions-in-coordinated-atm-heists/ http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/02/crooks-net-millions-in-co... has some more. As all credit balances on cards are just numbers in a database somewhere and prepaid cards can be refilled and drained pretty quickly, you can see the appeal of this style of attack.