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Interesting topic. if only it was as easy as Barnaby describes, wouldn't all the different banks use different hardware/software configurations? also consider C
by geoffbp 16y ago
Interesting 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).