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Men arrested over 'cyber plot' to control bank computers Arrests over 'cyber plot' to steal from Santander bank
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Twelve men have been arrested over an alleged plot to remotely take control of a bank's computer. Twelve men have been arrested over an alleged "audacious" plot to remotely take control of a bank's computer.
Police arrested 11 men, aged between 23 and 50, in Kingsley Avenue, Hounslow, over an allegation of conspiracy to steal from Santander Bank. Police found a device fitted to a computer in a branch of Santander which would have enabled the suspects to download data from the desktop machine.
A 34-year-old man was later arrested at Vauxhall Bridge Road in connection with the alleged plot. Police arrested 12 men, aged between 23 and 50, in London on suspicion of conspiracy to steal.
Several addresses in Hounslow, Brent, Hillingdon, Westminster, Richmond and Slough were searched. The "very significant" plot targeted the bank branch in Surrey Quays in south-east London, police said.
The arrested men remain in police custody. Several addresses in Hounslow, Brent, Hillingdon, Westminster, Richmond and Slough were searched and property was seized.
The Metropolitan Police said Thursday's "time-critical, dynamic response" thwarted a "very significant and audacious cyber-enabled offence, and avoiding multi-million-pound losses from Santander at Surrey Quays shopping centre". 'Remote takeover'
"The offence involved deploying a KVM (keyboard video mouse) device, fitted to a computer within the bank branch, allowing the transmission of the complete desktop contents of the bank computer over the network". The arrested men, who were detained on Thursday, remain in police custody.
This allowed the remote takeover of the bank's computers, the force added. The Metropolitan Police said its "time-critical, dynamic response" had thwarted a "very significant and audacious cyber-enabled offence".
The force said the operation had helped avoid "multimillion-pound losses from Santander at Surrey Quays shopping centre".
"The offence involved deploying a KVM (keyboard video mouse) device, fitted to a computer within the bank branch, allowing the transmission of the complete desktop contents of the bank computer over the network," a Met Police spokesperson said.
This allowed the remote takeover of the bank's computers, they added.