E-Pass problems then a few weeks later large arrests around the world regarding the Zeus Trojan. As crazy as it sounds could the two events actually be tied together somehow?
I was just thinking, with the recent Zeus Trojan arrests around the world, there has been speculation about how the money was transferred to the originators of the virus from the "mules".
E-Pass would have been perfect. The mule could deposit the stolen money in a local bank account in the west. They could then open E-Pass accounts tied to those banking accounts.
On the other end the originators could also have E-Pass accounts and the "mules" could do P2P transfer to those accounts. The originators could then withdraw money in various ways allowed by E-Pass.
Fairly anonymous especially IF E-Pass security wasn?t up to a high enough standard to detect the strange transfers to these originator E-Pass accounts.
Also this would coincide and explain the lack of information flowing from E-Pass or SKNANB. They were forbidden from saying anything by law enforcement because the investigation was in closing stages leading up to the recent arrests.
Strange thought I know, but kind of intriguing. (Or maybe Mallick can make a movie out of this theory, might be better than MM
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From IT News
"The malware was used to steal online banking credentials which were then used to access bank accounts belonging to the small business or municipality. The perpetrators would then withdraw money from the compromised accounts, typically in amounts just less than $10,000, and transfer it to fraudulent U.S. bank accounts set up by the money mules.The mules would quickly withdraw the funds and send it to the perpetrators after retaining a portion of it -- about 10% -- for themselves."