Hackers Steal $6.7M In Bank Cyber Heist

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @12:05PM from the not-nearly-as-dramatic-as-a-regular-heist dept.

Orome1 writes "A perfectly planned and coordinated bank robbery was executed during the first three days of the new year in Johannesburg, and left the targeted South African Postbank — part of the nation's Post Office service — with a loss of some $6.7 million. The cyber gang behind the heist was obviously very well informed about the post office's IT systems, and began preparing the ground for the heist a few months before, by opening accounts in post offices across the country and compromising an employee computer in the Rustenburg Post Office."

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Now let's see the reports of their capture. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-17 12:09 · Score: 2, Insightful

It's not whether you can get into a bank, or even out of it, it's how long you can keep the money.
It will teach them to not have so many holidays I hope!
That's nothing by midtowng · 2012-01-17 12:29 · Score: 5, Insightful

Wall Street CEO's have been stealing much larger amounts from their own banks for years.
Re:How possible is it that it was an inside job? by nothajan · 2012-01-17 14:27 · Score: 4, Insightful

How could an investigation rule out a possible inside job?

In Soviet Russia, inside job rules out possible investigation.