{"id":36683,"date":"2020-08-19T17:43:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T17:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4243b52a-919d-495f-8a04-c554a2af5796"},"modified":"2020-08-19T17:43:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T17:43:39","slug":"tens-of-suspects-arrested-for-cashing-out-santander-atms-using-software-glitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/tens-of-suspects-arrested-for-cashing-out-santander-atms-using-software-glitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Tens of suspects arrested for cashing-out Santander ATMs using software glitch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The FBI and local police have made tens of arrests across the tri-state area this week as part of a crackdown against multiple criminal gangs who exploited a glitch in the software of Santander ATMs to cash-out more money than was stored on cards.<\/p>\n

According to reports in local media, the bulk of the arrests took place in Hamilton<\/a> (20 suspects), across towns in Morris County<\/a> (19), and Sayreville (11). Smaller groups of suspects were also detained in Bloomfield<\/a>, Robbinsville<\/a>, and Holmdel<\/a>, while reports of suspicious cash-outs were also recorded in Woodbridge, towns across the Middlesex County, Booton, Randolph, Montville, South Windsor, Hoboken, Newark, and even in New York City itself, in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

Gangs exploited ATM software glitch<\/h3>\n

Based on information ZDNet <\/em>received from a Santander spokesperson, sources in the threat intelligence community, and details released by police departments in the affected towns, criminal gangs appear to have found a bug in the software of Santander ATMs.<\/p>\n

The bug allowed members of criminal groups to use fake debit cards or valid preloaded debit cards to withdraw more funds from ATMs than the cards were storing.<\/p>\n

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We have been made aware of an ATM scam in which suspects are using Santander Bank ATM’s to fraudulently withdraw cash using fake debit cards. Since we have a branch in town (1765 Ellington Rd), we are asking any citizen using their ATM to use caution when withdrawing money (1\/2)<\/p>\n

\u2014 South Windsor Police Department PIO (@SWPD_PIO) August 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Sources in the threat intel community have told ZDNet <\/em>today that details about this particular software glitch had been initially kept private and shared or sold among members of ATM and banking fraud groups for days.<\/p>\n

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