The programmers snatched no less than 12 million baht (US$346,000) by embeddings cards introduced with malware into various money machines keep running by Thailand's state-run Government Savings Bank (GSB) in late July.
The burglary came soon after Taiwan declared that a gathering of nonnatives had figured out how to take $2.5 million from money machines utilizing a comparative strategy.
A Latvian, a Romanian and a Moldovan were captured over the Taiwan heist yet various suspects - including five Russians - figured out how to escape abroad.
Police in Bangkok on Wednesday declared that GSB had cautioned them to a comparable hack in what they said was a first for Thailand.
"Starting now the confirmation we have discovered makes us certain that this gathering is connected to the posse who conferred a comparable burglary in Taiwan," Police General Panya Mamen told journalists.
No less than five outside suspects ventured out from Taiwan to Thailand to do the burglary, he said.
"Agents trust their personality is Eastern European however we are researching whether any Thais were included," Panya said, including that those five had likely left Thailand.
Police said no less than 21 ATMs were hacked, some of them releasing up to a million baht at once. They said the bank had not instantly saw the robbery.
Those behind the heist remained for long stretches at the money machines, generally late during the evening, inciting police to approach Thais to keep an eye out for bizarre conduct by outsiders at money machines.
Thailand has for some time been a center point for digital lawbreakers, both Thais and outsiders.
The present junta government has pledged to get serious about outside hoodlums in an operation which migration police have called "Great folks in, terrible folks out".
A month ago Thai police declared they had confined a Russian man and a Uzbek lady in collaboration with the FBI. They are blamed for running a hacking syndicate that stole some $29 million from financial balances.
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