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on Monday January 29 2018, @10:31PM
from the how-do-you-pull-down-the-handle? dept.
from the how-do-you-pull-down-the-handle? dept.
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: 2) by pvanhoof on Tuesday January 30 2018, @01:54PM
Interesting hack, indeed. What they could have done was to let the OS remove the malware after it was done spewing out all the money. Then the operators would have found an emptied ATM without having a clue why it is suddenly empty.