Spyware-aided hackers arrested in Turkey for online bank robbery
Turkish police have arrested 17 people who allegedly hacked into internet banking accounts and stole $300,000. The men are accused of collaborating with three Russian cybercriminals, who are believed to have provided them with usernames and passwords stolen from computers they infected with spyware, Turkish authorities said. Officers from the Izmir organized crime bureau discovered the IP addresses of the computers making the fraudulent transactions. Agents then made simultaneous raids across Turkey. “In recent years, there has been steady growth in the number of viruses and trojans written to steal banking information from web surfers,” said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. “The Turkish authorities should be applauded for looking into this case so speedily, but phishing and spyware is a global problem, and requires a global clampdown.”
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