atm jackpotting

January 27, 2018

First ‘Jackpotting’ Attacks Hit U.S. ATMs

This post was originally published on this siteATM “jackpotting” — a sophisticated crime in which thieves install malicious software and/or hardware at ATMs that forces the machines to spit out huge volumes of cash on demand — has long been a threat for banks in Europe and Asia, yet these attacks somehow have eluded U.S. ATM operators. But all that changed this week after the U.S. Secret Service quietly began warning financial institutions that jackpotting attacks have now been spotted targeting cash machines here in the United States. To carry out a jackpotting attack, thieves first must gain physical access […]
January 30, 2018

Drugs Tripped Up Suspects In First Known ATM “Jackpotting” Attacks in the US

This post was originally published on this siteOn Jan. 27, 2018, KrebsOnSecurity published what this author thought a scoop about the first known incidence of U.S. ATMs being hit with “jackpotting” attacks, a crime in which thieves deploy malware that forces cash machines to spit out money like a loose Las Vegas slot machine. As it happens, the first known jackpotting attacks in the United States were reported in November 2017 by local media on the west coast, although the reporters in those cases seem to have completely buried the lede. Isaac Rafael Jorge Romero, Jose Alejandro Osorio Echegaray, and […]