Hacking Jackpotting: hackers are making ATMs give away cash Two of world’s largest cash machine makers and US Secret Service warn of attacks that empty ATMs at rate of 40 notes per 20 seconds NCR said the news should be ‘a call to action to take appropriate steps to protect their ATMs against these forms of attack’. Photograph: John Stillwell/PACybercriminals are hacking cash machines to force them to give out money in what is known as “jackpotting”, according to two of the world’s largest ATM makers and the US Secret Service. Hackers require physical access to the cash machine using specialised electronics and malware to take control, including an endoscope. Criminals have been targeting cash machines in pharmacies, retailers and drive-through ATMs, according to the Secret Service. Cash machines in more than a dozen countries across Europe were remotely attacked in 2016, according to Russian cybersecurity firm Group IB.

Source: The Guardian January 29, 2018 11:03 UTC