Laptop is a tool tracked across 1 threat cluster and 1 intelligence report mention on ThreatCluster. First observed January 25, 2026; most recent activity January 25, 2026.
Laptop refers to a cyber attack toolset used to facilitate ATM jackpotting campaigns, acting as the control interface for deploying and operating malware such as Ploutus on legacy ATMs. The recent report links the Tren de Aragua gang to exploiting Ploutus malware on older ATM models, illustrating how toolkit-based approaches enable illicit cash-outs. This underscores the ongoing risk to financial institutions from malware-enabled attacks targeting legacy ATM infrastructure.
In January 2026, U.S. federal authorities sentenced two Venezuelan nationals, Luz Granados and Johan Gonzalez-Jimenez, for their involvement in a multi-state ATM jackpotting scheme. The attackers exploited older-model…