Security News > 2018 > February > Jackpotting Attacks Against US ATMs
2018-02-01 12:23
Brian Krebs is reporting sophisticated jackpotting attacks against US ATMs. The attacker gains physical access to the ATM, plants malware using specialized electronics, and then later returns and forces the machine to dispense all the cash it has inside. The Secret Service alert explains that the attackers typically use an endoscope -- a slender, flexible instrument traditionally used in medicine...
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