Two men have been arrested and another remains on the run, after they were indicted on January 30, 2018 for trying to “jackpot” an ATM, so the machine would give out cash.
ATM manufacturers Diebold Nixdorf and NCR Corp. have said these attacks have occurred in the U.S., but did not detail whom they have targeted and how much money was dispensed.
ATM jackpotting, also known as “logical attacks,” simply means that cyber thieves physically install malware onto ATMs, giving them control over how much money gets dispensed at any given time.
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