<![CDATA[According to officials, the hackers involved in the Cosmos Bank robbery of ₹94.42 crore had used 171 ATM cards from Pune and 428 ATM cards from other places during the crime. Investigators said that the money siphoned off from the bank had been withdrawn from 29 countries. On August 14, Cosmos Bank announced the multinational hacking ring from the pool account of the Pune-headquartered bank on August 11 and August 13. The estimated stolen amount of ₹2.50 crore was withdrawn from 71 bank ATMs situated in 41 cities of other countries, according to Pune cyber cell investigators. Officials said that automatic deposits of the fraud money have been received by some customers and as soon as possible they will have to return it to the bank. So far people have returned an amount estimated to be close to ₹3.55 lakh to the bank, according to the special investigation team (SIT). Deputy commissioner of police (economic offences wing and cyber cell) Jyotipriya Singh, is heading the special investigation team (SIT) which is probing the ₹94.42 crore cyber robbery at Cosmos Bank. CCTV footage where the ATM transactions of Cosmos Bank have taken place have already been acquired by the cyber cell of Pune Police is carrying out a Forensic examination in going on to detain the accused. According to Milind Kale, the bank’s chairman, the online fraud is an attack on the Indian banking industry from multinational cyber criminals operating from 28 nations. Losing an aggregate of ₹80.50 crore in multiple ATM swipes in 28 countries, in the first instance by the bank, the hackers siphoned off ₹13.92 crore via Swift transfers in the second cyber assault.]]>
