Attackers Steal $12.7M In Massive ATM Heist (mainichi.jp)

Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday May 22, 2016 @05:30AM from the PIN-ing-the-blame dept.

Within two hours $12.7 million in cash was stolen from 1,400 ATMs located at convenience stores all across Japan, investigators announced Sunday. An anonymous reader quotes a Japanese newspaper: Police suspect that the cash was withdrawn at ATMs using counterfeit credit cards containing account information leaked from a South African bank. Japanese police will work with South African authorities through the International Criminal Police Organization to look into the major theft, including how credit card information was leaked, the sources said.
Over the two hours attackers withdrew the equivalent of $907 in 14,000 different transactions.

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Hmm by wwalker · 2016-05-22 05:37 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Over the two hours attackers withdrew the equivalent of $907 in 14,000 different transactions.
Either these were the dumbest criminals out there to steal only $907 a few cents at a time, or at least a word or two are missing from the sentence above.