Top Secret Phone Turns ATM Into Automated Thieving Machine
Hot on the heels of the Diebold voting machine kiosk scandal, there is a new video floating on the net that shows a hack someone used to trick an ATM machine into giving out too much cash. Apparently, the thief had access to a secret pin code that allows you to change the settings on the ATM machine, so he tricked it into thinking that the machine was loaded with $5′s instead of $20′s. He then inputed an anonymous prepaid debit card and pocketed a quick $750.
While this was certainly a clever hack, unlike the Diebold minibar problems, you would need inside information in order to pull this off. It’s probably also not a great idea to get your picture plastered all over the internet in the process of stealing $750, but I’ve got to give the guy credit for thinking outside the box. The most amazing part about the whole story wasn’t that there is secret pin code that lets you do this, but rather that it took 9 days before someone was honest enough to tell the clerk that it was spitting out too much money.
Posted on September 22nd, 2006 by Davis
Filed under: Kiosks, VOD