Bahrain police arrest foreign national for hacking ATM

TDT | Manama

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Police arrested a foreign national for hacking into an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) owned by a Bahraini bank.

The General Directorate of Anti-corruption and Economic and Electronic Security and the Northern Governorate Police Directorate jointly made the arrest.

Officials say they arrested the suspect following a report from the bank saying that an unknown person had placed electronic devices inside its ATM, for, allegedly, stealing the bank's and customers' money.

Police also retrieved the devices placed by the suspect in the ATM.

Legal procedures are initiated for referring the case to the public prosecution.