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Police in Brazil arrest a suspect over $100M banking hack

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Police in Brazil arrested a suspect in connection with a cyberattack that diverted more than 540 million Brazilian reais (about $100 million) from the country’s banking systems, authorities said Friday.

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Software company official has facilitated access to hackers for billionaire fraud via Pix. He was arrested by the São Paulo Civil Police.

·Curitiba, Brazil
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According to local 'medium', the suspect confessed, in deposit with the Cybernetic Crimes delegation of the State Department of Criminal Investigations (Deic), which was encouraged by other individuals to help them enter the PIX transfer system.

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Deic (State Department of Criminal Investigations) took João Nazareno Roque, 48 years old. He is one of the suspects of the hacker attack against the C&M software system. The company was responsible for connecting financial institutions and Central Bank systems in real-time payments, from which Pix is involved. In the deposit, the suspect claimed that he was approached to commit crime in a bar. According to Deic's delegate, Renan Topan, the man …

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The approximately $200 million stolen from the service provider of the Central Bank of Brazil at the beginning of the week, are now being traded for Bitcoin, USDT and other cryptocurrencies, according to reports. *** The $1 billion stolen from the supplier of the Central Bank of Brazil are being traded for cryptocurrencies. Hackers who attacked C&M Software, which connects banks in Brazil, would be turning to Bitcoin, USDT. It is estimated that …

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UOL broke the news in Brazil on Friday, July 4, 2025.
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