Bank heist appears to be the handiwork of an Eastern European crime gang that blended the physical fraud actions of money mules and cyberattacks with a cyberattack that began with spear-phishing emails. Five banks in Eastern Europe and one in Africa were hit by a wave of cyberattacks early this year. The attacks took advantage of several configuration and management holes in banking systems, according to Trustwave. Trustwave says the attack campaign “represents a clear and imminent threat to financial institutions in European, North American, Asian and Australian regions””]

