Eight men have been arrested after a gang stole more than £1m from a high street bank by taking control of one of its computer systems.
The money was stolen from a Barclays branch in Swiss Cottage, London, earlier this year, using a device known as a "keyboard, video and mouse" (KVM) switch.
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The hardware, which can be purchased online for as little as £10 and is the size of a small laptop computer, allowed the gang to transmit the contents of the computer's desktop and take control of the machine remotely.
It is believed the device was installed by a man who pretended to be an IT engineer to gain access to the branch.
Some £1.3m was withdrawn from accounts, although much of the money has since been recovered.
The gang ran the operation from "control room" at an address in Marylebone, central London, police believe.
Officers believe one of the men who is being held is the "Mr Big" of UK cybercrime.
The men, aged between 24 and 47, are in custody at various police stations in London, where they are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to steal and conspiracy to defraud.
Thousands of credit cards and people's personal data were seized following searches of properties in Westminster, Newham, Camden, Brent and Essex, including one described by detectives as a control room for the Barclays theft.
The arrests come after four men appeared in court accused of a failed attempt to take control of computers at a Santander branch in southeast London, again using a KVM device.
Yahoo UK
It is believed the device was installed by a man who pretended to be an IT engineer to gain access to the branch.
Some £1.3m was withdrawn from accounts, although much of the money has since been recovered.
The gang ran the operation from "control room" at an address in Marylebone, central London, police believe.
Officers believe one of the men who is being held is the "Mr Big" of UK cybercrime.
The men, aged between 24 and 47, are in custody at various police stations in London, where they are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to steal and conspiracy to defraud.
Thousands of credit cards and people's personal data were seized following searches of properties in Westminster, Newham, Camden, Brent and Essex, including one described by detectives as a control room for the Barclays theft.
The arrests come after four men appeared in court accused of a failed attempt to take control of computers at a Santander branch in southeast London, again using a KVM device.
Yahoo UK
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