Russian hackers steal $500, 000-plus from Turkish bank customers

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

http://www.itproportal.com/2007/08/01/russian-hackers-steal-500000plus-from-turkish-bank-customers/

Two Russian hackers are alleged to have stolen $508,000 using more
than 260 money transfers from Turkish bank accounts in a Trojan-driven
systems hack lasting more than two years.

The hackers, thought to be teenagers and hailing from Togliatti, a
city on River Volga, are said to have purchased a dedicated server
with remote access to a desktop hosted in a US data centre.

Then, using a customised RATsystem (Remote Administration Trojan)
application, the two men are reported to have infected bank customers'
PCs, so giving them unauthorised access to their accounts. Russian
newswire reports say that one of the men was arrested in June of this
year, whilst the second is still wanted.
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