Two Indian credit card processors, EnStage and ElectraCard Services, would by cyber criminals are used as a starting point for the robbery of millions of dollars through manipulated credit cards. Also would the supervision of the Indian government on it security to be desired.
News agency Reuters reports on the basis of anonymous sources that the two credit card companies for the Bank of Muscat of Oman and National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates, credit card payments, carried out, in all probability, both from India operate. It would go to the company’s EnStage and ElectraCard Services.
Cyber criminals would be the systems of two credit card processors have managed to infiltrate, and then they were able to put the limits on a number of Mastercard significantly increase. Then, in ten hours time in 24 different countries 36.000 pin transactions performed at atms. In total, 45 million dollars were stolen. A number of suspects have now been arrested, including two Dutchmen.
Security experts do not look strange that the cybercriminals have focused on banks that use credit card processing companies from India. The country would be significantly less stringent government oversight than in the US and Europe is common. Furthermore, expect experts that smaller credit card processing companies by the coordinated miljoenenroof possible customers will lose, because the banks the risk would no longer want to take order with such parties.