Unixarticle.com - Robbery
with conventional methods such as direct bank came and at gunpoint
appears to have been abandoned and left in Hollywood films alone. Security
system company or bank increasingly stringent and sophisticated make
bank burglary attempt becomes impossible to do or fraught with risks. However, development of the Internet provide a separate slit for the robbers to act in cyberspace.
Moreover, safer besides robbing money or just critical data such as passwords via the Internet? In addition, the face is not detected, the robbers cyberspace can easily disappear without leaving any identity. Since
the start widespread since the 1980s, there were cases of robbery
Internet's most shocking and most successful record up to date. The hackers not only steal important data, but also the money that amounted to million of dolla.
Here are 10 action Biggest Robbery On the Internet recorded diThe Richest.
1. Theft of 1.2 billion username and password by Russian hackersThis
occurs mid-year mass panic over the issue of the largest Internet data
theft in history, namely the theft of 1.2 billion username and password
on a global scale. Internet robbery case was reportedly orchestrated by a criminal organization of Russian origin. No fewer than 420,000 sites have been successfully milked important data users. Starting from the site of small sites to large corporate sites sites successfully penetrated.
According
to information from some media, there are 500 large companies that
manage their site hacked by hackers such criminal organizations. Fortunately, all the data used to spread spam messages or email only. The Russian government was reportedly also not associated with the looting of the global internet.
2. Sumitomo Mitsui bank robberyBack to 2004, there were no less sensational cases related to bank theft case via the internet. When the victim is a Japanese bank Sumitomo Mitsui named. Theft Mitsui bank money is not made in Japan but through bank branches in London, England. A group of hackers reportedly stole a large sum of money with, up to $ 420 million! They managed to penetrate the security system Mitsui bank by using a spyware called keyloggers.
They also plan to divide the money to 10 different bank accounts to secure the booty. Fast action from related parties managed to capture one Israeli nationals hacker named Yeron Belondi followed by other hackers. Belondi were arrested while trying to send the USD 27 million to one of the banks in Israel.
3. Theft of USD 550 thousand of credit cardsOnce again the hacking action brought sacrifices some banks that serve credit card services. Some hackers are known enroll through some credit card services as well, before finally exploiting the card card. The hacker group affiliated with the global mafia circles the system
pave the banks to increase the amount of money on prepaid credit cards
that they have conducted.
Even
more astonishing, they send some other criminals to withdraw money from
ATM machines in various parts of the world using a credit card earlier
that are not easily tracked. About eight people were arrested in New York while trying to get USD 27 million from two different ATM. In fact, after the interrogation of the eight people, total funds stolen reaches USD 45 million
4. Burglary Swedish bank with a Trojan virusA
Swedish bank called Nordea in 2007 to the victims of the start of the
new Trojan virus designed to steal account details and passwords
victims. The bank states if there are more than 250 customers affected by the theft online. Culprit reportedly masterminded by the Russian mafia group reportedly
managed to steal the money of customers reached USD 12 thousand more.
Trojan virus function record banking activities conducted by customers who use the computer. The
method is quite simple, the virus was able to get a recording of
numbers or letters are typed on the keyboard by the user when using the
site Nordea. As a diversion, the hackers will display a notification to the
customer when Nordea central site down when the data in the form of
username and password have been entered.
5. single bank robbery by hackers SoldierSoldier wearing a pseudonym, a hacker managed to break into the three banks at once, alone! The three banks are Chase, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America. Of the three banks, Soldier managed to break the 3,500 customer accounts. Per day, Soldier can get approximately USD 20,000 thousand. During the first six months of operation, Solider managed to steal funds almost USD 40 thousand.
Soldier utilizes a toolkit called SpyEye virus to break into the site of the three banks. No less ingenious, hackers are sending the money to the two clients prior to him. So this case is quite difficult to detect the velocity of money and look like a legitimate bank.
6. Theft of Bitcoin USD 100 thousandAs the new currency, Bitcoin become an easy target for hackers. Plural digital currency used for the online transaction does not
require licensing access to the country's major banks in the country
dunia.Unfortunately some time ago, one of the provider's servers and storage
Bitcoin, inputs.io have been compromised by hackers.
Hackers are using an email containing a virus that can make the system fault on the main server. As a result, the 4100 BTC Bitcoin worth had been stolen. Given Bitcoin is very difficult to trace, the chances of finding the thief of thieves Bitcoin becomes very difficult. Therefore, many parties expressed Bitcoin currency is highly vulnerable to theft.
7. Theft of data massive population of Arizona, USAThe
malicious hackers or cyber criminals are not only targeting the
customers of the bank or banks, but ordinary people can become an easy
target, especially some have a weak defense against such attacks. Arizona, one of the states in America, a witness when an unidentified hacker managed to steal the data of data population.
Yes, of every 100,000 residents of Arizona, 149 of which were reported stolen identity. By
getting the citizen data that contains the email and others, hackers
can impersonate actors and hijack a tax refund of tax that should belong
to citizens of Arizona. Although the profits generated indirectly worth millions of dollars,
but
the action can still benefit hacker hackers are up to tens of
millions of rupiah in one action.
8. Robbery internet USD 205 million by the hacker young hackerNo one expected when a teenager can be a hassle an intelligence agency such as the FBI. Several years ago, the FBI reported if there is a group of
international hackers network that has managed to steal money via the
virtual world up to $ 205 million.
Based
on further investigation, members of the hacker network members were
still young age, with the oldest members aged 22 tahun.Sementara only
other teen is just a dozen years old. Total members of the group of hackers who managed to reach the 28 people arrested. Meanwhile, one of the youngest members known degan Mir Islam alias
name JoshTheGod was also known as a member of UGNazi hacker network.
9. Hacking TJX office by legendary hackerOne
of the most famous hacking case that dragged the name of a legendary
hacker, Albert Gonzalez, was a case database hacking TJX corporate
network. TJX is a trading company that oversees corporate retailers such as TJ Maxx, Marshall's and Homegoods.
Due
to the action of hacking Gonzales and 11 of his friends, about 94
million credit card data from TJX customers globally exposed. Case sticking out in 2006 makes Gonzales have languished in prison for 40 years. One reason not easy hacking TJX other sites due to the absence of a true firewall tasked to secure the site.
10. Theft 134 million of customer data Heartland Payment Systems
Not only known responsible for a case of hacking TJX corporate site. Albert Gonzales also stated to be behind the cases of hacking the database of the service provider of credit card transactions Heartland Payment Systems. Broad scope of transactions in the corporate network makes Gonzales et al do not hesitate to get data from the server Heartland Payment Systems.
The final number of credit card data obtained is quite fantastic, up to 134 million credit cards. If each card, Gonzales only draw 1 dollars, profits reached USD 134 million. In this case, Gonzales still use spyware virus to get millions of user data.
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