How to hack a bank
Jacob Aron · The New Scientist · 2013
Earlier this year, a man walked into a branch of Barclays in north London and stole £1.3 million without touching a single bank note. Instead, he posed as an IT technician and installed a device to siphon off the cash electronically. News of the robbery emerged last month when eight men were arrested, a week after police foiled a similar plot against Santander. It seems that bank robbers are giving up shotguns for software. Here, Aron discusses how the robbers do it.