Crime

Banco de Chile victim of a devastating wiper attack, money allegedly stolen

On May 24 computers in Banco de Chile offices and branches suddenly rebooted and changed screen colour to black. Local media outlets reported that …

A History of a Hack

Anakata in the Court Room (source: Aftonbladet) On 20 May 2013, the trial of Gottfrid Svartholm a.k.a. anakata, co-founder of TPB, commenced in …

Multiple bank accounts robbed by thieves using an innovative service of a mobile phone operator

In June and July of 2015, the thieves stole several hundred thousand zlotys (at least 100k EUR) from accounts of the bank customers. The affected …

From full Facebook account takeover to an empty bank account

Today we want to show you how creative can Polish bank robbers get. We’ll cover the full internet banking theft scenario, starting with a simple …

Several Polish banks hacked, information stolen by unknown attackers

Polish banks are frantically scanning their workstations and servers while checking logs in the search of signs of infection after some of them …

Errors, threats and extortion - history of a bank hack part three

This is the epilogue in the Polish bank heist story, where one of the hackers gets caught by the police.

Errors, threats and extortion - history of a bank hack part two

In this episode of the Polish bank heist we describe the actions taken by criminals after the bank they hacked refused to pay the ransom they …

Errors, threats and extortion - history of a bank hack part one

A few months ago a Polish bank fell victim to a serious hacker attack, and that its customers’ money, passwords and personal information were …