Hacking ATMs, Literally
Summary: An ATM technician shared photos with KrebsOnSecurity of a recent attack in which three would-be robbers used crowbars and hammers on a wall-mounted cash machine, destroying a $13,000 cash acceptor, a $5,000 check scanner, a $900 monitor, and a $700 card reader without getting into the safe. The post notes that more skilled thieves use thermal tools and gas-powered torches, as described in a European ATM Security Team update, and that explosive gas attacks on ATMs in Europe have grown since 2013.
Bottom line: Physical destruction costs banks plenty even when thieves walk away with nothing, and the damage in this one incident ran to tens of thousands of dollars in components while the safe itself held.
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