Thai ATMs hacked by gang linked to Taiwan theft

epa05507451 A Thai man approaches automated teller machines (ATM) in front of the Government Savings Bank (GSB) head office in Bangkok, Thailand, 23 August 2016. The GSB has shut down many of its ATM machines after 12 million Thai baht (about 306,000 euro or 347,000 US dollar) cash went reportedly missing as the ATMs were infected with a malware, the GSB president said on 23 August. The customers' account were not affected, media reported quoting the bank's management. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK

BANGKOK: A gang of foreign criminals stole millions of baht by hacking a Thai bank’s ATM network in a theft believed linked to a similar one in Taiwan, police said. 

The hackers made off with at least 12mil baht (RM1.39mil) by inserting cards installed with malware into multiple cash machines run by Thailand’s state-run Government Savings Bank (GSB) in late July.