FBI warns of potential attacks on ATMs around the world: security blog

by The Star

 

The FBI is urging banks to review how they handle security to stop the attack. — Reuters

 

Krebs on Security blog claims that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has received an “unspecified report” that cybercriminals are preparing to carry out a large-scale global attack on ATMs in the coming days. 

The attack will compromise banks or payment card processors with malware which would give the hackers access to the banks’ network and customer card details which will enable funds to be withdrawn from ATMs. 

The blog posted that the FBI had sent an alert to banks saying, “The FBI has obtained unspecified reporting indicating cyber criminals are planning to conduct a global Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cash-out scheme in the coming days, likely associated with an unknown card issuer breach and commonly referred to as an ‘unlimited operation’.”

Full story https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2018/08/15/fbi-warns-of-hacks-using-atms/ 

 

-- THE STAR 2018-2018-08-16

Already happened in last few days with an Indian based bank, millions of dollars stolen.