![]() USB endoscope not suitable for medical use. Additionally, criminals opened the ATM front door and removed the dispenser shutter to provide physical access to the safe." "Criminals accessed the top box to connect a black box controller. "In this new attack, free-standing ATM models were targeted," according to a Friday alert issued by NCR. So far, at least one of these attacks was successful, NCR says, noting that attackers were able to gain physical access to the device. ![]() NCR says it's so far seen the technology used only in Mexico as part of an attack campaign involving black boxes, which get plugged into a cash machine and instruct it to dispense cash on demand in what is referred to as a jackpotting or cash-out attack. ![]() The technology, originally developed 150 years ago to help doctors look inside bodies, and later updated with lights and cameras, is now being used to trick ATM sensors into dispensing all of their funds, manufacturer NCR warns. (Photo: Benutzer:Kalumet, via Creative Commons)Ĭriminals in Mexico have added endoscopes to their ATM-attack toolkits. ATM attackers have used flexible endoscopes to fool ATM sensors as part of black box attacks.
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