Hackers’ $81M Sneak Attack on World Banking

Re:Hackers’ $81M Sneak Attack on World Banking by at-fates-hands on Saturday April 30, 2016 @07:59PM (#11604215)

When I read articles like this, I have to believe they have someone on the inside, or have some inside knowledge as to how the transfers take place and where the weak points in the process are.

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Re:Hackers’ $81M Sneak Attack on World Banking by mephistopheles on Sunday May 01, 2016 @04:39AM (#11605421)

I doubt that; they most likely were just a bunch of nerds who recognised the cheap routers and discovered the vulnerabilities from just playing around with a laptop and something like Kali Linux.

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Re:Hackers’ $81M Sneak Attack on World Banking by detaro on Sunday May 01, 2016 @04:44AM (#11605431)

The malware integrated with the SWIFT software, printed manipulated printed receipts, ...

While it is not impossible that someone random was careful and clever enough to observe all the details necessary by watching the system for a while, what is known publicly about the attack IMHO looks more like someone prepared for an attack against SWIFT and then found a vulnerable endpoint.

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