Boston Herald - Boston Herald: Feds in NYC: Hackers stole $45M in ATM card breach

Boston Herald - Boston Herald

Feds in NYC: Hackers stole $45M in ATM card breach May 9th 2013, 23:14 NEW YORK — A worldwide gang of criminals stole a total of $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe, federal prosecutors said Thursday — and outmoded U.S. card technology may be partly to blame. Media files: This Feb. 19, 2013 surveillance image released by the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York City shows a man referred to as "defendant Reyes" allegedly using fraudulent magnetic cards to steal money from one of several cash machines in Manhattan. Federal prosecutors on Thursday, May 9, 2013, said that a gang of cyber-criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe. (image/jpeg) This undated graphic released by the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York City shows ten photos of a man identified as "defendant Reyes" who allegedly used fraudulent magnetic cards to steal money from cash machines, next to a map of Manhattan indicating the locations of the looted machines. Federal prosecutors said on Thursday, May 9, 2013, that a gang of cyber-criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe. (image/jpeg)

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