New information on two massive attacks on ATMs in over 20 countries has become available during the trial in New York against seven suspected members of cybercriminal group, New York Times reports. Attacks that lasted for only several hours during December 2012 and February 2013 resulted in stealing approximately $45 million, and in New York alone criminals managed to use 2904 ATMs, getting around $2.4 from it.
Each cyberattack had two phases. First, criminals managed to get an unauthorized access to card processing center and a bank, Indian debit Visa and MasterCard card processing center and Ras Al-Khaimah bank in United Arab Emirates in December and a processing center in the USA coupled with Bank of Muscat in Oman in February.
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