Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/13
By Chu Che-wei and Lilian Wu
Taipei, July 13 (CNA) Two Russian suspects involved in First Bank’s automatic teller machines
The Russian suspects. (Airport security video)
(ATMs) theft have returned to Moscow, and police are now tracking down the third suspect in the heist.
First Bank, in its internal probe, found that 38 ATMs in the bank’s branches were hacked through the use of malware over the weekend, causing the machines to “spit” out bills continuously. The total losses amounted to more than NT$80 million (US$2.49 million), NT$10 million more than originally reported.
Police said the two suspects, identified only as Berezovskiy, 34, and Berkman, 28, boarded an early morning flight to Moscow via Hong Kong Monday, before First Bank resumed operations after the weekend.
Police have reported information on the duo to Interpol to help track them down. [FULL STORY]
