Operation High Roller

Operation High Roller was a series of fraud in the banking system in different parts of the world that used cyber-collection agents in order to collect PC and smart-phone information to electronically raid bank accounts.

[1] It was dissected in 2012 by McAfee and Guardian Analytics.

[2] A total of roughly $78 million was siphoned out of bank accounts due to this attack.

[3] The attackers were operating from servers in Russia, Albania and China to carry out electronic fund transfers.

[4] This cyber attack is described to have the following features:[5] While some sources have suggested it to be an extension of man-in-the-browser attack[6] Operation High Roller is reported to have harnessed a more extensive level of automation distinguishing it from the traditional methods.