Crooks Arrested Over KVM-Based Bank Heist Attempt 79
judgecorp writes "Twelve men have been arrested over an attempt to take control of computers at a Santander bank branch in London using a stealthily planted KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) switch installed by a bogus maintenance engineer. The men were caught by the Metropolitan Police's Central e-Crimes Unit."
Should see the MET statement. (Score:5, Interesting)
'The Metropolitan Police said its "time-critical, dynamic response" had thwarted a "very significant and audacious cyber-enabled offence". '
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24077094 [bbc.co.uk]
I think there should be a general rule: Anyone who uses the word 'cyber' in a non-sarcastic manner should be ignored.
The article looks like it wasn't written by a tech journalist too, as it contains such obvious errors as 'The device, if operational, would have allowed data and contents of the desktop to be downloaded over the network.' News organizations so often make mistakes in their rush to be the first to break a story - even the BBC.
Re:Should see the MET statement. (Score:4, Interesting)
Like my mistake in capitalizing 'MET' when I know full well it should be 'Met.'
Re:KVM? (Score:2, Interesting)
http://www.raritan.com/products/kvm-over-ip/
this is hardly esoteric