“Disappearing Malware” Allowed Hackers Steal $800,000 Cash From Russian ATMs

Some Russian banks are having sleepless nights because of a series of robberies that happened in the strangest way possible. The banks were completely unaware of how the guys performed the attacks as all of this was done without even touching the machine. They didn’t find any existence of malware on their back-end network or the ATM's. The only digital traces of the attack were the two log files which the attackers might’ve left by mistake. The events that occurred on the machines were recorded in the log files. The command, "Take the money bitch," appeared in the log file, and possibly on the ATM's screen as well to signal the money mule to grab the bills and go.