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Hacking an ATM: How to Make an ATM Spew out Money
- cschep 16y agoAwesome. Can you just order an ATM up, and then start hacking on it?
- ryanwaggoner 16y agoThey appear to have them for sale on ebay...
- sliverstorm 16y agoI don't know about buying one from a vendor, but I bet if you knew the right ahem ring of people you could get a... used... one for whatever the blackmarket rate is
- mrmagoo 16y agoYeah pretty much.
- ryanelkins 16y agoSure, usually people that sell things like vending machines will sell the types of ATMs you see at convenience stores. They aren't quite the same as the ones the banks use, but they still hold cash.
- lostiger 16y agoIs it legal? :)
- pluies 16y agoI guess not :p I don't know about the US in particular, but most countries have laws against intrusion into computer systems, referred as "automatized data processing" or the like. For example in France, you'd risk up to 3 years in prison and a 300,000€ fine for that kind of actions.
- geoffbp 16y agoInteresting topic. if only it was as easy as Barnaby describes, wouldn't all the different banks use different hardware/software configurations? also consider CCTV recording, dye technology, etc. In Australia, physical ATM attacks are preferred apparently http://www.smh.com.au/national/move-to-thwart-atm-gas-bomb-attacks-20090422-aels.html?page=-1 http://www.smh.com.au/national/move-to-thwart-atm-gas-bomb-a... http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/701017/explosions-at-two-sydney-atms http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/701017/explosions-at-two... http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/13/2654709.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/13/2654709.htm as I was searching for those old articles I also came across: http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Crimes/InPerson/atm_scams.htm http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Crimes/InPerson/atm_scam... - ATM Cash-point Scams using "Lebanese Loop" Plastic Sleeves / Skimming Devices (which I initially thought was a joke) and http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/09/programming_atm.html http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/09/programming_at... - from Schneier which is a good read.
- geoffbp 16y agoone more url i found interesting: http://www.bankers.asn.au/Default.aspx?ArticleID=610 http://www.bankers.asn.au/Default.aspx?ArticleID=610 "Even self-service banking is expensive to provide. An ATM costs cost on average $40,000 and it then has to be installed, maintained and stocked with cash." a little OT I guess, meh :P
- bcl 16y agoHe didn't say it was easy. It took him about 8 months of work, and he actually had access to the machines in question. And note, he is talking about stand-alone ATM machines (the kind you see here in the US in out of the way stores).
- mynegation 16y agoDid not Mr. Jack expose himself to a possible threat of being kidnapped and forced by certain people to um... "commoditize" the technology?
- kilian 16y agoWhilst in Barcelona, I saw more than one ATM with a blue screen or an Windows NT logon screen. That freaked me out way more than this video.