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Hacker group has stolen $1B from financial companies worldwide since 2013

A hacker group has stolen as much as $1 billion from banks and other financial companies worldwide since 2013 in an unprecedented cyber-robbery.

By Cornelius Rahn, Bloomberg, Ilya Khrennikov, Bloomberg | Updated on February 17, 2015

(Bloomberg) — A hacker group has stolen as much as $1 billion from banks and other financial companies worldwide since 2013 in an “unprecedented cyber-robbery,” according to computer security firm Kaspersky Lab.

The gang targeted as many as 100 banks, e-payment systems and other financial institutions in 30 countries including the U.S, China and European nations, stealing as much as $10 million in each raid, Kaspersky Lab, Russia’s largest maker of antivirus software, said in a report. The Carbanak gang members came from Russia, China, Ukraine and other parts of Europe, and they are still active, it said.

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