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Two
individuals withdrew cash from First Bank's ATMs but were not
seen on close-circuit TV camera to be physically operating the
machines, First Bank said in a statement. The bank discovered
the theft on Monday.
The theft took place at ATMs manufactured by Wincor Nixdorf,
First Bank's Executive Vice President Yeh Chung-huei said,
adding it has about 300 of such ATMs. First Bank is the banking
arm of First Financial Holding.
"We reported to the police yesterday...We've not decided when to
resume the service of those machines," Yeh said.
Initial investigations by police showed the theft was due to
malware, he said.
As a precaution, Chang Hwa Bank confirmed to Reuters it had
halted operations at some ATMs made by the German company, and
state-owned Chunghwa Post Co said in a statement it had also
suspended some ATMs.
Calls made after hours to Wincor Nixdorf's Taiwan office went
unanswered on Tuesday.
An official at the Financial Supervisory Commission, Taiwan's
top banking and market regulator, said 21 Taiwanese banks own
4,990 ATMs made by the Germany company. It was not clear how
many ATMs across the island had halted cash withdrawal
operations as a precaution or have been affected by the malware.
(Reporting by Faith Hung; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
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