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muriel_volestrangler

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Tue Nov 22, 2016, 06:06 PM Nov 2016

Malware is making ATMs 'spit cash'

Source: BBC

Hacks of banks' centralised systems had made groups of machines issue cash simultaneously, a process known as "touchless jackpotting", said Group IB.

The machines had not been physically tampered with, it said, but "money mules" had waited to grab the cash.

Affected countries are said to include Armenia, Estonia, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain and the UK.
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Dmitriy Volkov from Group IB told the BBC a successful attack could net its perpetrators up to $400,000 (£320,000) at a time.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38063142

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