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The rise and fall of Tank the hacker who built the Zeus cybercrime empire

Connecting the dots: Notorious cybercrime leader Vyacheslav Penchukov – better known online as Tank – is now serving a nine-year sentence in a federal prison in Colorado, following his orchestration of some of the most destructive banking malware and ransomware campaigns over the past two decades. A report by BBC correspondent Joe Tidy provides an unprecedented look into Penchukov's criminal career, from his days leading the infamous Jabber Zeus syndicate to his later involvement in major ransomware groups targeting international businesses and hospitals.
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Hackers use hidden Raspberry Pi and custom malware to attack bank ATMs

The heist was stopped before the criminals could do any significant damage
What just happened? A recently uncovered attempted bank heist illustrates the growing sophistication and audacity of cybercriminal operations targeting financial institutions. The incident involved a combination of physical intrusion, advanced malware, and anti-forensic measures to allow fraudulent ATM withdrawals from a targeted bank's network.
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