Extracts from the June monthly digest (click here for the full digest):

Phishing / Processor Compromise / Cash Out

Two Romanian nationals and one Nigerian national were sentenced in the UK to a total of 21 years prison following a joint UK / US/ French investigation into large scale phishing attacks targeting bank accounts. Servers controlled by the group contained 30,000 customers’ bank details and 70 million email addresses. Victims included bank customers from UK, US, China and Russia...

Cash Trapping / Card Trapping / Distraction

UK banking industry body, Financial Fraud Action UK reported (statistics) that ATM fraud increased to 7,525 cases reported in the first four months of 2013 compared with 2,553 for the same period last year. Incidents included distraction, shoulder surfing, card theft as well as a reduced level of ATM skimming. Cash trapping ...

ATM Skimming / Skimming / EFTPOS Compromise

The ring leader of an ATM skimming gang was sentenced in the US to almost seven years prison and ordered to pay $30,000 in restitution. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Statistics released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed that credit card fraud (including ATM skimming) increased by almost 20% in the last three months of 2012 and the value of the fraud almost doubled to...

Ram Raid Attacks / Theft of ATM / Smash-and-Grab / Theft from ATM

A female was sentenced to 23 months prison in the US for the theft of an ATM. Two men were jailed for five years and five and a half years in the UK for a failed ram raid using a stolen sewage tanker. An ATM which was apparently not correctly bolted to the ground was stolen by six suspects in India. In the US there were numerous reports of ram raids and theft of ATMs during June...

Explosive Attacks

The use of explosives, both explosive gas and solid explosives continued in Europe and South Africa during June. A security guard was shot and wounded during an ATM bombing attack in South Africa...

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