15-02-15 23:28 pm – Source: Reuters / BuzzT
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Hackers months hundreds of millions of dollars siphoned off more than a hundred banks worldwide, especially in the United States, Japan, and Russia. Dutch banks have been immune to these computer hacking, the Internet security firm Kaspersky Lab reports
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The hackers had called malware installed that they are in the computers of the money institutions could look used for international payments. Kaspersky Lab discovered the computer hacking, says The New York Times today.
The security company does have shared information including the High Tech Crime Unit of the National Police. This is information that can help according to Kaspersky Lab in tracing the culprits. The Dutch Banking Association has confirmed according to the company that no Dutch banks are cracked by the hackers.
Report
The New York Times had access to the report the security company that published Monday. According to Kaspersky went the hackers made off with converted almost 265 million according to the company, but it can also be three times as much. This would ever be one of the biggest bank robberies. It is not known which banks are involved.
Kaspersky Lab was the intrusion on the track when it was called upon to help in Ukraine. There began in late 2013 in Kiev an automatic “spontaneously” to spit out money. Research then showed that there was a much bigger problem.
Bank Employees
At the hackers it would go to people from China, Russia and European countries. According to the researchers were able to identify the intruders via a mail borne malware how banks did their international payments. They did then as if they were bank employees and made millions on down other temporary accounts in other countries.
In addition banks are also affected other financial institutions. These companies in thirty countries, according to Kaspersky. Especially Russian institutions have become victims.
(Edited by editors)
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