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. It said its equipment had not been targeted in the recent attacks, but that it was still a concern for the entire ATM industry. Officials with the Federal Bureau of Investigation could not immediately be reached.Russian cyber security firm Group IB has reported that cyber criminals remotely attacked cash machines in more than a dozen countries across Europe in 2016. Similar attacks were also reported that year in Thailand and Taiwan.

Source: Economic Times January 28, 2018 00:00 UTC