PCSP (Civil Police of São Paulo) arrested on the night of Thursday (3) a Suspected involvement in the millionaire hacker attack this week against the company C&M Softwarewhich provides services to financial institutions.
The São Paulo police have a because it was also triggered because one of the affected banks is from the state of São Paulo. The arrest was made by the Cyber Crimes Division, in the Taipas neighborhood, north of the capital.
The identity of the arrested investigated has not yet been disclosed. He is 48 years old, according to the CNN. At his house, police seized electronic equipment that should help in the investigation.
In addition to the arrest, the court also ordered the blockade of $ 270 million of an account used to receive the diverted millionaire values.
According to the São Paulo police, the main attacked was the company BMP payment institution S/A, resulting in a loss in the amount of approximately R $ 541 million.
The inquiry says that the investigations point out that “it was possible to identify that an employee of thewould be involved in this scheme, making it easier for other individuals to perform mass electronic transfers, in the amount of R $ 541 million to other financial institutions. ”
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At least $ 100 million were taken in theproviding technology services for transactional accounts that do not have their own means of connection.
BC (Central Bank) and PF (Federal Police) technicians work to raise the total of the loss since Tuesday night (1st), as shown by CNN.
C&M Software is an authorized and supervised company by the Central Bank of Brazil responsible for the messenger that connects financial institutions to the Brazilian Payment System (SPB), including the PIX liquidation environment.
HAS CNNthe BMP institution, one of the most affected, reported that the attack allowed improper access to the reserve accounts of six financial institutions, including BMP, service provider of “A AS A Service” service.
The company explains that the reserve accounts are maintained directly in the Central Bank and used exclusively for interbank liquidation – with no relation to the end customer accounts or with the balances kept within BMP.
