Carbanak

The name Carbanak stands for both a fraud case and the related APT , i. H. Malware that was discovered in 2014. With the help of phishing criminals have up to 1 billion US dollars of 100 banks in more than 30 countries such. B. Stolen from Russia , Ukraine , the EU and the People's Republic of China . Per infiltrated bank, they could steal between 2.5 and ten million dollars (2.2 to 8.8 million euros).

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According to media reports, criminals hacked with malware in the user accounts gained access to the banks one on the surveillance cameras of the banks and to the master account of employees and could thus ATMs reprogrammed so that they spent at the request later traded notes, as recorded by the software has been. Carbanak was first noticed in Kiev in winter 2013. Kaspersky experts investigated the incident and published a report on February 16. Following investigations by Europol , FBI and police in Spain, Romania, Belarus and Taiwan, one person was arrested in Alicante in March 2018 and three further arrests were announced in August 2018.

Web links

Eugene Kaspersky discovered the Equation Group and Carbanak. Retrieved June 2, 2015 .
"Carbanak": Internet hackers rob banks of a billion dollars. Retrieved June 2, 2015 .
Carbanak: Criminals are said to have stolen millions through bank hacks. Retrieved June 2, 2015 .
"Carbanak": Cyber bank robbers loot 1 billion US dollars. Retrieved June 2, 2015 .

Individual evidence

↑ The Federal Criminal Police Office was first informed about the Carbanak malware by Europol on October 28, 2014 . BT-Drs. 18/4437
↑ Bank robbery by computer: How the cyber gangsters succeeded in the billions coup. Retrieved June 2, 2015 .
↑ This is how the global Carbanak raid works. Retrieved June 2, 2015 .
↑ Bank Hackers Steal Millions via Malware. Retrieved June 2, 2015 .
^ The Great Bank Robbery: Carbanak cybergang steals $ 1bn from 100 financial institutions worldwide. Retrieved June 2, 2015 .
↑ Cyber theft: police arrest the one billion euro man . In: Spiegel Online . March 26, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed March 26, 2018]).
^ Three Members of Notorious International Cybercrime Group “Fin7” In Custody for Role in Attacking Over 100 US companies . August 1, 2018 ( justice.gov [accessed August 3, 2018]).

[1] The Federal Criminal Police Office was first informed about the Carbanak malware by Europol on October 28, 2014 . BT-Drs. 18/4437

[2] Bank robbery by computer: How the cyber gangsters succeeded in the billions coup. Retrieved June 2, 2015 .

[3] This is how the global Carbanak raid works. Retrieved June 2, 2015 .

[4] Bank Hackers Steal Millions via Malware. Retrieved June 2, 2015 .

[5] The Great Bank Robbery: Carbanak cybergang steals $ 1bn from 100 financial institutions worldwide. Retrieved June 2, 2015 .

[6] Cyber theft: police arrest the one billion euro man . In: Spiegel Online . March 26, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed March 26, 2018]).

[7] Three Members of Notorious International Cybercrime Group “Fin7” In Custody for Role in Attacking Over 100 US companies . August 1, 2018 ( justice.gov [accessed August 3, 2018]).