
Case Study
Digital intelligence connects the dots to catch global ATM hackers
The Taipei Criminal Investigation Bureau (TCIB) received a report from a member of the public that an unattended ‘cash out’ of NT$60,000 ($2k) was being performed by two suspicious men at an ATM belonging to the First Commercial Bank.
In a matter of hours, it was discovered that over 40 ATM machines had been robbed using malware dubbed the “ATM spitter” which exploited a major software weakness shared by several financial institutions.
2 main challenges:
- Identify and prosecute key players responsible for a cyberattack and bank theft by foreign nationals.
- Analyze a wide range of digital evidence including data from communication networks, CCTV Images/Videos, bio-metrics, and police reports.