Bank Robbing for the 21st Century

Federal prosecutors have filed a case against 5 individuals who are accused of trying to steal over $450,000 from the city of Carson’s bank account. The criminals used stolen login credentials to attempt to transfer the money from the city’s accounts to unnamed co-conspirators.

The cyber criminals were able to steal the login information through a key logger program that was installed on the laptop of a city official. Officials still do not know how the malware was installed and who downloaded it. The city was able to recover all but $44,000 of the stolen funds.

Officials investigating the case “don’t know if it was an email or a website that I clicked on” said Carson treasurer Karen Avilla, whose machine was infected. “That’s the one issue that they have not been able to determine.”

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