follow-up: FBI Uncovers Worldwide $9M ATM Card Scam

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,487184,00.html

FBI Uncovers Worldwide $9M ATM Card Scam
Tuesday, February 03, 2009

  Hackers orchestrated a highly coordinated, global attack on ATM cards 
involving the theft of a staggering $9 million from bank customers and 
they could strike again, according to an investigation by FOX 5 TV in New 
York.

Customers' personal information might also have been compromised in what 
federal agents are calling one of the most well-coordinated such schemes 
they've seen, MyFOXNY.com reported.

The FBI said it uncovered the plot and is investigating. The alleged 
hackers are still at large and could orchestrate another attack.

In a matter of hours, thieves struck ATMs from 49 different cities 
including New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Moscow and Montreal just after 8 
p.m. EST on Nov. 8, according to the FBI.

Part of the heist was caught on security camera images obtained by the TV 
station. The photos show people the FBI calls "cashers"  low-level 
participants in the plot who allegedly used bogus ATM cards with stolen 
information at the machines.

The scheme worked as follows: Plotters hacked into a computer system for a 
company called RBS WorldPay, which allows employers to transfer workers' 
pay directly to a payroll card.

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