Hacked ATMs Steal $500G From Bank Customers

A sophisticated band of thieves managed to steal personal information and more than half a million dollars from hundreds of New York City bank customers by rigging ATMs in what police say is further evidence of the continued assault on personal data by identity thieves.

Police said the identity thieves installed devices on ATM machines at Sovereign Bank branches in Staten Island that enabled them to collect account and PIN numbers, the New York Daily News reported Monday.

First they placed skimmers on the slots where customers inserted their bank card that could read and store the information. Then a tiny camera was hidden in the lighted sign on the ATM that filmed customers typing in PIN codes, the Daily News reported.

“This crew is sophisticated,” Deputy Inspector Gregory Antonsen, head of the NYPD’s special investigations division, told the Daily News. “And they are coming up with new ways to steal your identity every day.”

The ATM-riggers managed to steal more than $500,000 from more than 250 victims.

They also created fake ATM cards with the same magnetic codes as the victims and used the cards at different banks, police said.

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FBI Releases Pics Of Low-level Suspects in $9m ATM Scam

Hackers orchestrated a highly coordinated, global attack on ATM cards involving the theft of a staggering $9 million from bank customers — and they could strike again, according to an investigation by FOX 5 TV in New York.

Customers’ personal information might also have been compromised in what federal agents are calling one of the most well-coordinated such schemes they’ve seen, MyFOXNY.com reported.

The FBI said it uncovered the plot and is investigating. The alleged hackers are still at large and could orchestrate another attack.

In a matter of hours, thieves struck ATMs from 49 different cities — including New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Moscow and Montreal — just after 8 p.m. EST on Nov. 8, according to the FBI.

Part of the heist was caught on security camera images obtained by the TV station. The photos show people the FBI calls “cashers” — low-level participants in the plot who allegedly used bogus ATM cards with stolen information — at the machines.

The scheme worked as follows: Plotters hacked into a computer system for a company called RBS WorldPay, which allows employers to transfer workers’ pay directly to a payroll card.

The scam artists were then able to infiltrate the system and steal personal data needed to make duplicate ATM cards.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Chicago FBI office at (312) 421-6700.

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