Quote from: Spoetnik on April 26, 2016, 03:33:28 AM

Quote from: dyas on April 26, 2016, 12:47:43 AM

I thought it was just the Bangladeshi's incompetence. Grin

But how did the malware get into the bank computers?

I would bet they were targeted by guys who had already hacked other banks.
Russian organized crime are powerful dude.
They have LOTS of money and resources and have deadly hackers.
Once they decide to target you your screwed.. bank or not.

Just google some variations on the keywords like, Russia Bank Hack

So i would be guessing it's the same people behind it as other banks already hacked before.

All kinds of weird stuff out there..
I had heard a couple years ago now that most bank ATM's around the world
are running a variant of Windows XP.. hell the White House was still using XP when Win8 came out.
And as a hacker / cracker you look for the weakest point in the system to exploit.

The hackers would have definitely struck before, but the bangladeshis seem to have made their job easier.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/bangladeshs-central-bank-may-have-left-a-door-open-for-hackers-1458689460
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/10-switches-cost-bangladesh-central-173024755.html

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