05-01-2017 05:35 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Taiwan ATM heist linked to European hacking spree - security firm

By Jim Finkle and J.R. Wu BOSTON/TAIPEI (Reuters) - The group that orchestrated the theft of over $2 million from cash machines at Taiwan's First Commercial Bank in July was also behind an ATM hacking spree in more than a dozen European nations last year, according to cyber security firm Group-IB. The methods that the so-called Cobalt group used in Europe matched those used in Taiwan, Group-IB said in its latest client report. Three Eastern European men were arrested in Taiwan in July on suspici
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