Eastern European banks lose tens of millions of dollars in Hollywood-style hacks

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/eastern-european-banks-lose-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-in-hollywood-style-hacks/

By Catalin Cimpanu
Zero Day
ZDNet
December 7, 2018

Cyber-criminal gangs are believed to have stolen tens of millions of 
dollars from at least eight banks in Eastern Europe using tactics usually 
seen only in Hollywood movies.

These "hacks" consisted of cyber-criminals entering bank offices to 
inspect and then leave malicious devices connected to the bank's network.

Russian cyber-security firm Kaspersky Lab, which was called to investigate 
some of these mysterious cyber-heists, says it found three types of 
devices at central or regional offices at the eight banks it reviewed.

These included cheap laptops, Raspberry Pi boards, or malicious USB thumb 
drives known as Bash Bunnies.

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