Africa banque Sénégal (ex-BDK) : un client dispose de 5000 F CFA dans son compte, mais réussit à retirer 7,2 millions grâce à...
Taking advantage of a vulnerability in the interbank payment system recently implemented by the BCEAO (Central Bank of West African States), a computer programmer named Mr. Lô managed to siphon 7,209,300 CFA francs from Africa Bank Senegal (ABS, formerly BDK). Libération, which broke the story, did not specify the exact nature of the vulnerability exploited, but reported that the accused, whose account initially held only 5,000 CFA francs, managed to transfer the funds to his Orange Money and Mixx (YAS) accounts.
The computer technician carried out 1,400 transactions to achieve his goal, the newspaper reports. "Arrested by the DSC [Special Cybersecurity Division], Mr. Lô, who currently works at another bank, initially tried to deny the charges," the daily newspaper informs. "However, faced with the investigators' technical evidence directly linking his phone numbers to the fraudulent transactions, he confessed. According to him, he acted alone after making a first successful transaction. The stolen money, he claims, allowed him to pay off debts."
Libération reports that Mr. Lô was brought before the prosecutor's office on Wednesday for general breach of computerized data, fraud and theft to the detriment of ABS.
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