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During the past eight months, hackers managed to compromise a bank in Virginia twice. Two separate cyber attacks helped them to make more than 2.4 million dollars. At the moment, the bank is suing their insurance provider for refusing to cover the losses. The first attack was initiated in late May 2016 when one of the employees at The National Bank of Blacksburg opened a phishing email. With its help, the intruders installed tracking malware. After compromising the second computer that had access to the STAR Network and could manage National Bank customer accounts, and their usage of bank cards, ATMs, hackers got an ability to alter and disable these functions:
Full article Hackers stole 2.4M after two successful attacks on Virginia Bank
- anti-theft protections;
- personal identification numbers;
- daily withdrawal amount;
- debit card usage limits;
- fraud score protections.
Full article Hackers stole 2.4M after two successful attacks on Virginia Bank