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Cashing In: A digital bank heist in four acts
August 21, 2019
4Episodes
While criminals around the world try to get to the money in cash-machines with hammers, explosives, excavators or other heavy gear, the Carbanak gang found a more elegant and stealth way. They would hack into bank networks and monitor the activities there until they understood how to trigger the machines remotely to spill out all the money.
Episodes
1. ATM Jackpotting
August 21, 2019
Episode one describes how ATMs were manipulated during the Carbanak operation and explains how security researcher Barnaby Jack first became aware of ATM vulnerabilities in 2010.
2. Welcome to Taiwan
August 23, 2019
The Carbanak Group attacks a bank in Taiwan and sends 22 money mules into the country. What they didn't anticipate: within a few hours the Taiwanese police publish surveillance pictures of all the money mules. The hunt begins.
3. Suitcases full of money
August 26, 2019
19 money mules flee Taiwan, the rest are left in Taipei with several million dollars. The police get closer and closer.
