Phineas Phisher, who has previously claimed responsibility for hacking the notorious cyber-mercenary groups Gamma Group and Hacking Team, claims to be a private individual whose stated goals are anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, and anti-surveillance. Reviewing the methods Phineas Phisher used offers insight into how vulnerable our financial infrastructure is to attackers and provides a glimpse into how a modestly skilled individual, or group of individuals, got away with a bank heist. In a press release, Cayman National acknowledged the attack, claiming, “At this time, there is no evidence of financial theft or fraud relating to CNBIOM or CNTIOM clients, or to Cayman National.” It made no reference to a financial loss by the bank itself.) (PwC declined to comment on the Cayman National breach or the leaked report, which indicates that fraudulent transactions cleared. The report details the intrusion to management at the robbed bank, Cayman National Bank (Isle of Man) Limited (CNBIOM) and its sister company, Cayman National Trust Company (Isle of Man) Limited (CNTIOM). The PwC incident response report, which Phineas Phisher leaked, backs up that claim. Robbing a bank is easier than you might think, especially if you don't care which bank you rob, according to a "how to rob a bank" manifesto by the apparently vigilante hacker Phineas Phisher.
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