Re:Cash machines robbed with infected USB sticks
by loupgarou21 on Monday December 30, 2013 @11:51AM
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I'm vaguely surprised they bothered to cut a hole to do this. When I was working on ATMs, none of my clients ever bothered to have they ATMs uniquely keyed. I had a keyring of about 30 keys that could open pretty much any ATM I came across.
Re:Cash machines robbed with infected USB sticks
by wil421 on Monday December 30, 2013 @05:49PM
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Most ATMs are in running on Windows 7 with PC hardware. The hardware is probably custom made but still very similar to what you would find in a desktop.
As far the network, you cant access ATMs from the Internet at least in the US. Most of the providers have leased lines to a central server somewhere and then leased lines to whatever 3rd parties they talk to. US banks arent too crazy on letting people remotely service ATMs that are having software problems.
I'd bet they use standard PC motherboards. The only unusual things the thiefs knew where where to open the hole, and how to use the cash dispenser (altough, I'm quite sure one'd be able to get the entire dispenser documentation from Google).
Knowing that they are Windows machines, why don't people attack the ATMs by the network?