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PRODUCED BY Normal Life Pictures, UK

PRODUCER: Max Peltz

DIRECTOR: Hugo Berkeley

ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Lara Ingram

TAIWAN Field PRODUCER: Ariel Liu

DOP: Cheng-Wei Lin (Taiwan)

Special Thanks: Taiwan MOJ, CIB & MJIB

Hacker:HUNTER | Documentary series 2019

 

The Carbanak Group attacks a bank in Taiwan and sends 22 money mules into the country. What they didn't anticipate: within a few hours the Taiwanese police publish surveillance pictures of all the money mules. The hunt begins.

Cashing In: A digital bank heist in four acts

Full series website link:

https://www.tomorrowunlocked.com/guardians/hacker_hunter/

 

Episode 1: 'ATM Jackpotting': https://youtu.be/XXSn5lwRF5o

Episode one describes how ATMs were manipulated during the Carbanak operation and explains how security researcher Barnaby Jack first became aware of ATM vulnerabilities in 2010.

 

Episode 2: 'Welcome to Taiwan': https://youtu.be/FUS46N6Di_I

The Carbanak Group attacks a bank in Taiwan and sends 22 money mules into the country. What they didn't anticipate: within a few hours the Taiwanese police publish surveillance pictures of all the money mules. The hunt begins.

 

Episode 3: 'Suitcases full of money': https://youtu.be/7jshs7bumxE

19 money mules flee Taiwan, the rest are left in Taipei with several million dollars. The police get closer and closer.

 

Episode 4: 'Arrest in a holiday paradise': https://youtu.be/RTalC_nKtVQ

The Taiwanese police finds clues to the whereabouts of the head of the Carbanak group and coordinates with Europol. Can the group be stopped? 

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