Pull the Plug

Posted by Mrs. Mecomber

February 2, 2008

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Criminals were seconds away from robbing a bank by remote control when an alert employee literally pulled the plug on their brazen scam, Swedish investigators said Wednesday.

The would-be robbers had placed “advanced technical equipment” under the employee’s desk that allowed them to take control of his computer remotely, prosecutor Thomas Balter Nordenman said in a statement.

The employee discovered the device shortly after he realized his computer had started an operation to transfer “millions” from the bank into another account, Nordenman said.

“By pulling out the cable to the device, the employee managed to stop the intended transfer at the last second,” he said.

Talk about a low-tech way of foiling crooks! Hurray for this quick-thinking Swede! The bank is eerily quiet on how the “advanced technical equipment” was installed under the desk, or what kind of equipment it was. Hmm