27 ATM Criminals Arrested Across Europe
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 05/19/2017 02:44 PM
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The ATM "Black Box" attacks across Europe have resulted in the arrest of 27 criminals.
An effort by a number of EU Member States and Norway identified the criminals in 2016 and 2017 and recently resulted in the arrest of the criminals in Czech Republic (3), Estonia (4), France (11), the Netherlands (2), Romania (2), Spain (2) and Norway (3).
The "Black Box" attacks involved drilling holes or melting to physically connect an unknown Box or laptop which is then used to "cash out" the machine.
The investigation is still ongoing and there are still suspects pending arrest.
Steven Wilson, head of Europol's European Cyber-Crime Centre, said: “Our joint efforts to tackle this new criminal phenomenon resulted in significant arrests across Europe. However the arrest of offenders is only one part of stopping this form of criminality. Increasingly we need to work closely with the ATM industry to design out vulnerabilities at source and prevent the crime taking place.”
Source: SCMagazine
An effort by a number of EU Member States and Norway identified the criminals in 2016 and 2017 and recently resulted in the arrest of the criminals in Czech Republic (3), Estonia (4), France (11), the Netherlands (2), Romania (2), Spain (2) and Norway (3).The "Black Box" attacks involved drilling holes or melting to physically connect an unknown Box or laptop which is then used to "cash out" the machine.
The investigation is still ongoing and there are still suspects pending arrest.
Steven Wilson, head of Europol's European Cyber-Crime Centre, said: “Our joint efforts to tackle this new criminal phenomenon resulted in significant arrests across Europe. However the arrest of offenders is only one part of stopping this form of criminality. Increasingly we need to work closely with the ATM industry to design out vulnerabilities at source and prevent the crime taking place.”
Source: SCMagazine
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