Thailand seeks Taiwan’s help to look into ATM heist

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/08/23
By: T.C. Liu and Evelyn Kao

Bangkok, Aug. 23 (CNA) Thai police are seeking their Taiwanese counterpart’s assistance to investigate an ATM heist case after Taiwan authorities successfully cracked an international ring involved in a similar ATM theft last month, Taiwan’s representative office in Thailand said Tuesday.

Hackers stole 12.29 million baht (US$378,310) from 21 ATMs of Thailand’s state-run Government Savings Bank (GSB) in Bangkok and southern provinces July 9 and July 10, according to Thai police.

The thefts have forced the GSB to indefinitely suspend the services of about 4,000 ATMs which were manufactured by a Scottish company. The bank reported the case to Thai police who then turned to Taiwan’s representative office in the country requesting help from Taiwan’s police authorities.     [FULL  STORY]