French-speaking voleurs stole $30m in 15-country bank, telecoms cyber-heist spree

A French-speaking criminal group codenamed OPERA1ER has pulled off more than 30 cyber-heists against telecom organizations and banks across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, stealing upwards of $30 million over four years, according to security researchers. The robberies start with targeted emails that trick staff at these …

[Zenubi]

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Whilst not condoning crime in any way it does seem (to me) that the French seem to have the best bank robbers, jewel thieves and maybe cyber-crims?

[FrogsAndChips]

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The article carefully says "French-speaking", not French. A lot of targeted institutions are in French-speaking African countries, there's a possibility the crims originated from there as well.

[Anonymous Coward]

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Need to get the great French detective Inspector Clouseau back on the force!!

Peter Sellers, not the other one(s)!

[Zenubi]

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Yes - there can be only one. How can ANYONE think to remake a Clouseau movie. As bad as The Producers remake or Tinker Tailor.

[Anonymous Coward]

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> or Tinker Tailor.

Watched exactly three minutes of the remake before deleting it from my hard drive.

[Anonymous Coward]

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Where did you download it?

(asking for a non-friend)

[Anonymous Coward]

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Internet?

[Anonymous Coward]

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> Where did you download it?

Torrent via the pirate bay, where else?

[Gene Cash]

What did they always say to Red Hat?

The gang didn't deploy any bespoke malware, and instead used open source code along with tools they could find for free on the dark web.

Something about you can't make money with open source?

[Zenubi]

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Nice