Romanians infected ATMs with computer virus

central london

Two Romanian gangsters who stole £1.6m from cash machines across the UK by infecting them with a sophisticated computer virus have been jailed. Emanual Leahu, 30, and Gheorge Mirzac, 32, were members of an Eastern European gang who raided 51 ATMs during the May bank holiday weekend in 2014. Targeting stand-alone Cardtronic ATMs, they gained physical access to the machine and infected them with malware. Once they had gained access to the machine’s operating system they were able to methodically…

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