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Bank robbers pose as IT guys, rig device to slurp £1.3m from Barclays
From: Lee J <lee () riskbasedsecurity com>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 08:39:57 +1000
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/09/21/bank-robbers-pose-as-it-guys-rig-device-to-slurp-1-3m-from-barclays/ London's Metropolitan Police have arrested eight men in connection with a £1.3 million ($2.08 million) bank heist carried out with a remote-control device they had the brass to plug into a Barclays branch computer. The hardware included a KVM (keyboard, video monitor and mouse) switch and a 3G dongle that enabled the crooks to slurp money from accounts, according to Met Police.<http://content.met.police.uk/News/Eight-men-have-been-arrested-in-connection-with-a-13-million-theft-from-Barclays-bank/1400019997308/1257246745756> These are legitimate hardware setups: As the police explained, a KVM switch is used in business to enable remote work on computers. Walking into a bank and pretending to be an IT guy to install such a device is, needless to say, a less legitimate prospect. [...]
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