Thursday, February 12, 2009

$9 Million Stolen from ATM Machines in 30 Minutes!!!

The FBI has recently released information to the $9 million dollar heist that took place this past November. Apparently $9 million dollars was stolen from 130 various ATM machines in New York, Atlanta, and Chicago. Those are just a few named in the 49 cities where the money was stolen. How does someone steal $9 million in 30 minutes? It has been reported that the thieves have hacked into the RBS WordPay computer system and stole their payroll card information. RBS WorldPay offers a payroll card to companies to pay the salaries of their employees. the card looks like a credit card but is used like a debit card. Employees are able to use the cards at ATM Machines to withdraw their money. RBS WorldPay has reported "Certain personal information of approximately 1.5 million cardholders and other individuals may have been affected and, of this group, Social Security numbers of 1.1 million people may have been accessed" (nydailynews). The group that stole the information used "Cashers" to get the money from the ATM machines. The group that stole the inromation has yet to be caught.

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