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Russian hackers rob US banks
IN THE SEASON of good will, the FBI has been saying that some Russian hackers have been robbing US banks.
Apparently the hackers, formerly known as the Russian Business Network, are almost certain to make Santa's naughty list this year and not going to get any presents at all.
These Russian criminals have been quiet for a couple of years, masterminding a string of crimes including identity theft, fraud, spam and child porn.
But according to the Wall Street Journal, Citigroup was targeted by the Russian hacker outfit and had millions of dollars nicked.
Citigroup has denied that the FBI is investigating any incident at the bank. It swears on Rudolph the red nosed reindeer's bright and shiny glowing nose that it hasn't fallen prey to any hackers.
However Citigroup has admitted that one customer's account was drained of more than $1 million after being hacked.
Apparently the Russian group has moved its servers from St Petersburg to China, which is a pity because they will be missing out on a very white Christmas this year. µ
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"BTW, The Inquirer/The Register suck."
Not making a distinction between hacker and cracker makes them look like crap for the smart people out there but interesting for the uneducated masses.
'-OMG THE HACKERS ARE BREAKING INTO BANKS!!!OUR COMPUTERS ARE NEXT!OMFG!!'
Learn the difference retards:
http://catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html
http://catb.org/jargon/html/C/cracker.html
From what I understand, these "hackers" have infiltrated customers computers and using their login credentials and other info to steal money.
It seems there are very few banks who are interested in tackling this problem.
BTW, The Inquirer/The Register suck.
When I was working in CitiGroup Japan I tried to warn my manager that our network was hacked and even showed evidence with a screenshot of a fake printer job buffer of files that didn't exist on a printer whose name didn't exist. The reason the hackers stored the virus on printer jobs is that virus scanners won't scan files in active use. The minute I tried to access the printer it "disappeared" leaving me only with a screenshot. The next week I got "laid off" for my troubles. Citi knew full well they were hacked the whole time but wouldn't admit it because under the law they would've had to have closed the trading operations being unable to guarantee the safety and security of customers accounts. It all started when every printer in Citi in S.E. Asia started printing simultaneously just the date on a page, going for about 1 hour. I figured that was some sort of vulnerability test by hackers. Too bad I was right. Fck 'em.
"I'm sure that private accounts of Citi executives hold more than 10 millions - clean them out"
I'm sure the execs know to put their money off shore.
Karma
Yah, But if they get cought in China, they won't have a nice day...The problem is when the giant will wake up! Sometimes a little money can open his eyes...
"crimes including identity theft, fraud, spam and child porn"
Sounds like they are trying to make these thieves into a bigger target. Seriously WTF is child porn doing on that list? The others are theft and confidence related crimes, its like someone is just trying to make us care about the plight of some banks.
Nice one Bob.
Sounds like even hackers are outsourcing to China these days.
I'm sure that private accounts of Citi executives hold more than 10 millions - clean them out
too bad it wasn't USBank and a shame citigroup is still in business.
hehe .. Citygroup needs to be taken to the cleaners.
Im a bit of a fan of RBN .. so not quite sure I've seen the child pr0n charges b4.
Anyway .. merry xmas
Citibank gets ripped to the tune of $10 million? So what? Citibank has stolen far more than that from their customers and the American people. I hope the Russians get ANOTHER $10 million out of the b@stards.