The police has four men arrested that hundreds of fraudulent bank transfers on the bank accounts of the account holders would have, through the so-called TorRAT malware. Also, are Bitcoins seized. The damage is the possible 1 million euro.
The Public Prosecutor’s office reports the arrest of the suspects. It would go to four men from Alkmaar, Haarlem, Woubrugge and Roden. They are suspected of involvement in the large-scale, digital fraud and witwaszaak. It would be hundreds of fraudulent transfers are performed via computers with malware were infected.
According to the TO used the the criminals to the so-called TorRAT banking malware. This malware allows remote access to compromised pc’s and would regularly be used by cyber criminals to accounts to plunder. TorRAT may, in addition, during online banking information, manipulate or change, and secretly new orders or add existing commands to customize. Via phishing emails would be the most victims with the malware have been infected, but TorRAT would ‘in the wild’ via social media such as Twitter to disseminate.
The four men would their criminal activities between the spring of 2012 and until the moment of arrest. It was going to be more than 150 fraudulent transactions and the possible amount of damage would a million euros.
The criminals have, according TO the anonymous webmaildienst Tormail is used to communicate. Via so-called moneymules the money was diverted, while the overseas companies, and business accounts would be opened. In addition, managed a suspect in an unnamed Bitcoin exchange. Possibly going to the Bitcoin exchange Fbtcexchange.com; the owner of it since a few days without a trace and the registratieadres is in Woubrugge located, one of the residences of the suspects.
A part of the stolen money, the criminals converted to virtual currency, reports the TO continue. The police would 56 Bitcoin have occupied, at time of writing, good for about 8800 euro.
Update, 18:01: Info about possible Bitcoin exchange is added.