Cyber-Thieves Steal $700K Via ATM Hacking

[Nomad559]

Cyber-Thieves Steal $700K Via ATM Hacking

Cyber-thieves who hacked into the ATM information of at least 800 retail customers in California and Oregon have stolen as much as $700,000 from personal accounts during the last two months, according to police reports.

People who used ATM cards to purchase items at Dollar Tree, a national retail toy store chain, in Modesto and Carmichael, Calif., and Ashland, Ore., have turned in reports of unauthorized withdrawals in the computer-based scam.

Federal and local investigators would not discuss with eWEEK how the thieves stole the information. How many shoppers have been victimized is also an open question.

[Deja Q]

1. Well, it uses a Microsoft OS. Forgive me for not shedding one bloody tear.

:nopity:

[tridim]

2. Off to "pound me in the ass" prison with them

They must have missed some mundane detail. :)

[Ian David]

3. I'd bet on employee theft. n/t

[Donnachaidh]

4. uh huh -- the minimum wage employees at Dollar Tree

of course, if they were given a REAL wage increase, instead of the BS the thugs were trying to push through...

[htuttle]

5. It's probably one of those illegal Point of Sale terminals...

It came out during the last year that some point of sale software (ie., the stuff that runs the cash register) actually stores the user's debit card PIN numbers after they enter them in. They aren't supposed to do that, and I'm frankly not sure why some ever would, but in fact, some do. And that information can be retrieved later and your bank account cleaned out with it.

I'd be willing to bet Dollar Tree uses one of those...