Three Seattle area men have been arrested for their alleged involvement in separate ATM skimming schemes that drained more than half a million dollars from retail customer accounts in at least six states.
According to the Pasco County, Fla., Sheriff's Dept., at least 44 customers were defrauded of thousands of dollars, after their cards were skimmed at two walk-up ATMs at area banks, including Bank of America.
You know the tune: Cyber thieves pirated the town's banking credentials, arranged some bogus "payroll transactions" with the town's bank and then next thing you know ... money mules are transferring funds to the Ukraine.
Operation Night Clone, launched in November 2010, led to the arrest of 61 international suspects for the parts they played in an elaborate card-skimming scheme that spanned three continents.
As more criminals target branch ATMs, industry experts wonder if links to insider fraud might not be to blame. Recent brazen attacks prove even in a bank or credit union lobby, ATM skimming can strike.
As more criminals target branch ATMs, industry experts wonder if links to insider fraud might not be to blame. Recent brazen attacks prove even in a bank or credit union lobby, ATM skimming can strike.
"I think this is another great example of the lengths to which criminals will go to perpetrate these schemes, and the amount of homework they do," says Julie McNelley, banking and payments fraud analyst at Aite Group.
Technology to fight ATM skimming continues to advance, but so do the threats. Fraudsters have devised new ways to work around - if not defeat - new anti-skimming solutions, say industry experts who point to global ATM fraud trends.
Skimming remains the top threat to ATMs worldwide, but certain regions are also seeing a rise in logical security breaches - malware - according to Chuck Somers, VP of ATM Security and Systems with Diebold, the global ATM supplier.
Banking/security leaders aren't crazy about banking regulators telling them they could have done a better job detecting ACH fraud, and they're eager for more specific guidance on what to do going forward.
Skimming remains the top threat to ATMs worldwide, but certain regions in Europe and Latin America are also seeing a rise in logical security breaches. Bottom line: ATMs are under attack.
"It's interesting to see regulators putting the onus on the financial companies for fraud that occurs after the theft has already happened," says David Navetta, co-chairman of the American Bar Association's Information Security Committee.
A preliminary draft of new authentication guidance puts greater responsibility on financial institutions, and the ACH/wire fraud case between Experi-Metal Inc. and Comerica Bank marks the first major corporate account takeover incident to hit a courtroom.
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