Gurugram: Hackers steal Rs 57 lakh from five ATMs in 20 days
Our Correspondent
Gurugram, April 20
Unidentified hackers stole more than Rs 57 lakh from five ATMs of the PNB Bank in different areas of the city by installing a chip or disconnecting cables in them.
An FIR was registered on the complaint of the bank at the cyber crime police station.
As per a joint complaint, Rs 57.50 lakh were stolen from five ATMs in the city within the last 20 days. ATM service provider FSS Private Limited wrote a mail to the bank officials that they had deposited Rs 31,58,100 at the offsite ATM located at Ardee City on March 30, from where Rs 25.40 lakh was stolen fraudulently after installing a chip at the machine.
Similarly, Rs 1.60 lakh was stolen from the Sector 14 ATM after using electronic equipment on the data cable of the machine. Rs 4.5 lakh were stolen from the ATM at Omaxe City Mall Centre, Sohna Road, where an extra socket was found with the data cable. Another Rs 16.20 lakh was stolen from the ATM in the Rajendra Park area and Rs 9.80 lakh from the ATM located the South City Arcade.
Following the complaint, an FIR has been registered against unknown accused under Sections 380 and 420 of the IPC and Section 66 of the IT Act at the cyber crime police station.
