The biggest bank robbery in history, Hackers stole $45 million

The news on the biggest bank robbery with a cyber attack against ATMs in the history is conquering the Network, US law enforcement has revealed the details of the vast fraud arranged by a cyber gang that exploit out of date card technology to empty cash machines in 27 countries from Canada to Russia.

It’s not clear who is behind the cyber bank robbery and the organizational level of criminals, investigators believe that number of participants in the criminal system is many hundreds across more than two dozen countries, an unprecedented fraud operated on a global scale.

The cyber criminals stolen around $45 million in a few hours, seven individuals were arrested in the US, accused of operating the New York cell of the group that that carried out thefts at ATMs all over the world.

The seven people are accused of the theft of $2.4 million from hundreds of New York ATMs during the attack in February in the US, the crimes not impacted on user’s bank accounts, the money was stolen from accounts issued by banks.