Security News > 2018 > July > Bank Hackers Exploit Outdated Router to Steal $1 Million

2018-07-20 12:33
PIR Bank Robbed by Russia's MoneyTaker Gang, Investigators SayHackers stole at least $920,000 from Russia's PIR Bank after they successfully compromised an outdated, unsupported Cisco router at a bank branch office and used it to tunnel into the bank's local network, reports incident response firm Group-IB.
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