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> > Subject: Bunker-busting ATM attacks show security holes > > > LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A hacker has discovered a way to force ATMs to disgorge > their cash by hijacking the computers inside them. > The attacks demonstrated Wednesday targeted standalone ATMs. But they could > potentially be used against the ATMs operated by mainstream banks. > > Criminals have long known that ATMs aren't tamperproof. > > There are many types of attacks in use today, ranging from sophisticated to > foolhardy: installing fake card readers to steal card numbers, hiding tiny > surveillance cameras to capture PIN codes, covering the dispensing slot to > intercept money and even hauling the ATMs away with trucks in hopes of > cracking them open later. > > Computer hacker Barnaby Jack spent two years tinkering in his Silicon Valley > apartment with ATMs he bought online. These were standalone machines, the > type seen in front of convenience stores, rather than the ones in bank > branches. > > His goal was to find ways to take control of ATMs by exploiting weaknesses in > the computers that run the machines. > > > http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Bunkerbusting-ATM-attacks-apf-439535708.html?x=0 >
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