Eight men arrested in London over £1.3m Barclays Bank computer theft

Police have arrested Eight men in connection with a £1.3m theft by gang who took control of a Barclays Bank computer.

The money according to a Metropolitan Police was taken from the branch in Swiss Cottage in north London in April.

Searches are being carried out at addresses across London where property including cash, jewellery, drugs and credit cards have been seized.

The men, aged between 24 and 47, were arrested on Thursday and Friday.

According to what we gathered,police found a “keyboard video mouse” (KVM) switch attached to one of the branch’s computers, which had been placed there by a man purporting to be an IT engineer.

A KVM switch allows a user to control multiple computers. This enabled the criminal group to remotely transfer funds to other back accounts.

A “significant amount” of stolen money have been recovered, Barclays said .

News still developing.