Tren De Aragua Members and Leaders Indicted in Multi-Million Dollar ATM Jackpotting Scheme
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ne/pr/tren-de-aragua-members-and-leaders-indicted-multi-million-dollar-atm-jackpotting-scheme
TREN DE ARAGUA WAS ROBBING ATMS IN THE U.S.
HOW DID THEY DO IT?
THEY INSTALLED MALWARE ON THE ATMS
AND THESE AUTOMATICALLY DISPENSED ALL THE MONEY. ACCORDING TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATION, THEY FIRST STOLE THE HARD DRIVE FROM THE ATM, SENT THE ATM'S SOURCE CODE TO AN ACCOMPLICE SYSTEMS ENGINEER IN VENEZUELA ALIAS “PROMETHEUS,” WHO SENT THEM THE MALWARE THAT THEY THEN INSTALLED VIA USB DRIVES AND TOOK THE MONEY.