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49 busted in Europe for Man-in-the-Middle bank attacks

A multination bust on Tuesday nabbed 49 suspects spread throughout Europe. They were arrested on suspicion of using Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) attacks to sniff out and intercept payment requests from email. The gang allegedly targeted medium and large European companies via MiTM attacks. The suspects were arrested in parallel raids in Italy, Spain, Poland, the UK, Belgium and Georgia. Police seized laptops, hard disks, telephones, tablets, credit cards and cash, SIM cards, memory sticks, forged documents and documents.”]

Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/06/11/49-busted-in-europe-for-man-in-the-middle-bank-attacks/

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