Criminals used a malware program to steal millions from ATMs

Backdoor.MSIL is designed to work on ATMs running 32-bit versions of Windows from a major manufacturer, Kaspersky Lab researchers say. The malware is installed by inserting a bootable CD into the machine, after which “the criminals reboot the system, and the infected ATM is under their control” Malware was found on 50 ATMs operated by banking institutions in Eastern Europe, researcher says. The attack is a natural evolution over credit-card skimming, which involves the installation of fake card readers.”]

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