Russia says arrests hacker gang who defrauded banks of millions


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 02 Jun 2016

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MOSCOW: Russia's FSB security service said on June 1 it had helped detain a gang of about 50 hackers who stole over 1.7 billion roubles (RM105.5mil) from the accounts of various Russian financial institutions.

The same gang had tried to steal a further 2.273 billion roubles (RM141.02mil) by issuing false payment instructions which had been blocked, the interior ministry said.

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