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Ukraine-based cybercriminals steal from online German banks

Written by pinolobu on September 30, 2009 – 5:05 pm -

A report from security company Finjan said that cyber-criminals have developed sophisticated ways to remain undetected, describing how a Ukraine-based gang managed to steal 300,000 euros in 3 weeks in August 2009 from several German online banks.

It used a malicious software which:
- fooled banks’ anti-fraud systems
- forging bank statements to hide the thefts.

It also recruited innocent job-seekers as money mules.

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