Russian Hackers Stole Millions From Banks, ATMs 53
An anonymous reader writes Tens of millions of dollars, credit cards and intellectual property was stolen by a new group of cyber criminals. Group-IB and Fox-IT, in a joint research effort, have released a report about the Anunak hackers group (PDF). This group has been involved in targeted attacks and espionage since 2013. Anunak targets banks and payment systems in Russia and CIS countries. In Europe, the U.S., and Latin America, criminals were mainly focusing on retail networks as well as mass media resources. Anunak is unique in that it aims to target banks and e-payment systems. The goal is to get into bank networks and gain access to secured payment systems. As a result, the money is stolen not from the customers, but from the bank itself. If they manage to infect governmental networks, they use the infrastructure for espionage.
"But from the bank itself" (Score:2)
As a result, the money is stolen not from the customers, but from the bank itself.
"Party on, Garth."
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Do you avoid blacks wearing a suit and tie carrying a business briefcase and getting out of a Lexus?
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And you didn't even really read the comment. If you did then your reading comprehension is abysmal.
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People like you who make statements like "Is it any surprise that some black kid from the ghetto with no father and an addicted uncaring mother turns to a life of crime?" are part of the problem.
Wrong - the problem is people refusing to think critically about the true causes of poverty and crime, and being so blinded by your own racism that you can only conceive of a statistical correlation with on race as being an injustice perpetrated by a different race.
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You forgot to remove the line breaks, C&P troll.
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You completely mistook my response. I replied to the racism in the comment. People are a product of their environment. Some are more observant and adept and rise above their culture to become good people but most do not. The problem is not their race however. To judge anyone by anything other than their actions is unacceptable. The fact they grew up in terrible circumstances is not an excuse for their behavior but a reason. If you expect to solve the problem you have to attack the disease and not the
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Blacks from stable middle class homes seem to do about as well as their white counterparts.
Exactly. Blacks with 100 IQ do about as well as whites with 100 IQ. I've known a black colleague whose IQ I'd estimate to be around 120. He was definitely one of the better workers at the company.
Now the elephant in the room is, do all the races have exactly the same IQ distribution amongst their population? Test results say no. Need citation? Just look up anything, SAT, GRE, MCAT, police dept entrance exams, fireman exams, military exams, straight IQ tests, anything. The body of evidence is overwhelming.
Re:Races are different (Score:4, Insightful)
Environment is more important than IQ. There are plenty of highly intelligent criminals. If you educate people with high IQ and no moral convictions you end up with a very dangerous criminal.
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I've always thought that was the difference between wisdom and intelligence. It is possible to be very intelligent and yet be unwise or immoral. Sociopaths are often extremely intelligent.
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The body of evidence is overwhelming. IQs have been steadily rising over the past century. The phenomenon even has it's own name: The Flynn Effect.
It seems that for the population as a whole,
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I've not heard of any burning crosses on anyone's lawn in a very long time.
Yeah, you have to keep your eyes open to see things like that. There were two lynchings this year of Black men for dating white women. Or is the fact that you are unwilling to notice such things proof they didn't happen?
No, people, anyone (including blacks!) can live anywhere in this country they choose (and can afford) to.
Again, simply and factually wrong. The Municipality of Anchorage explicitly passed a resolution 5 years ago affirming the right of landlords and sellers to discriminate based on sexual preference. Or does "anyone" not include gays? They aren't alone in that, but I lived there at the tim
Finally, proof, Communism has failed. (Score:4, Funny)
Russia is now glorious and strong, with the practice of good, honest, capitalist values that show the benefit of hard work and wholesome productivity.
Unlike dirty communism where you had to steal just to survive!
Courtesy of unreported vulnerabilities by NSA. (Score:3, Insightful)
NSA knows, NSA won't tell.
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Because that's where your taxes will go. How much of your taxes go to people being the victim of identity theft? None. How many times does the FBI/NSA/CIA get involved when one of our citizens' bank account is emptied by hackers? Never.
But if a corporation like Sony gets hacked or the banks get stolen from (even though they can simply restore their databases back to reflect the original amounts afterwards) then there will be a large investigation and the POTUS will get involved etc etc.
In the USA the banks rob you. (Score:2)
Whatever that USSR joke line is. but reversed.
The Robin Hood Myth (Score:2)
One of the most astonishingly accurate generalizations I've ever heard is, "If you consort with folks who steal, eventually, they will steal from you."
One of the most astonishingly inaccurate observations I can recall is the "Honor Among Thieves" urban legend.
Why North Korea? (Score:2)
Windows domain controller .. (Score:1)
Time for extreme measures. (Score:2)
If these hackers get into government sites, I would consider it an act of treason or warfare. Result should be death penalty or lifetime in prison.
If is a bank, then at least 50 years and a day in prison as a dishwasher.