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ATM Makers Warn of 'Jackpotting' Hacks on U.S. Machines

posted by martyb on Monday January 29 2018, @10:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-do-you-pull-down-the-handle? dept.

Fnord666 writes:

Diebold Nixdorf Inc and NCR Corp, two of the world's largest ATM makers, have warned that cyber criminals are targeting U.S. cash machines with tools that force them to spit out cash in hacking schemes known as "jackpotting."

The two ATM makers did not identify any victims or say how much money had been lost. Jackpotting has been rising worldwide in recent years, though it is unclear how much cash has been stolen because victims and police often do not disclose details.

The attacks were reported earlier on Saturday by the security news website Krebs on Security, which said they had begun last year in Mexico.

The companies confirmed to Reuters on Saturday they had sent out the alerts to clients.

Source: Reuters

Article at Krebs on Security.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @08:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @08:22AM (#630241)

    Something is fishy here. If they are re-imaging the hard drive as described, the OS that was on the drive before re-imaging does not influence how hard it is to do.

    Secure boot would make a difference, if that had not been used for monopoly purposes, with the result that there now exists signed boot managers to avoid Microsoft having to explain why they are so happy to be the ones financing the EU...