



The hacker group was found to consist of 16 people from Russia, Romania, and Latvia. On July 17, 2016, Taiwanese authorities declared the case to be solved. A detailed investigation into the vulnerability began immediately. At the time of the incident, there were approximately one thousand cash machines of this same type in use in Taiwan. Security experts from the company were sent to investigate the security breach. According to the investigative authority, the international criminal hacker group used mobile devices instead of bank cards to activate the cash-withdrawal process. The ATMs had been manufactured by Wincor Nixdorf. Over 70 million Taiwan dollar (equivalent to 2 million USD) had been withdrawn illegally. On July 12, 2016, the media reported that at least 34 ATMs belonging to the Taiwanese First Commercial Bank had been hacked via a Malware heist. Unisys also has a relationship with Wincor Nixdorf in some Latin American countries such as Brazil. IBM sells and services Wincor Nixdorf machinery in several countries in the Americas. Corporate relationships IBM įollowing the end of the InterBold partnership in 1997, IBM eventually entered into a re-distribution arrangement with Wincor Nixdorf. Eckard Heidloff was elected as his replacement. On November 8, 2006, Chief Executive Officer Karl-Heinz Stiller announced his resignation from the Board of Directors. The company was taken public May 19, 2004, with a successful IPO. Following a buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners on October 1, 1999, the company was renamed Wincor Nixdorf. The company was re-focused exclusively on its current product, set in 1998, and renamed Siemens Nixdorf Retail and Banking Systems GmbH. In 1990, the company was purchased by Siemens AG and renamed Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme. Founded by Heinz Nixdorf, Nixdorf Computer was formed in 1952.
