An international hacker possibly linked to international criminal groups managed to "withdraw" more than 1 million dollars from an ATM in the United States using the jackpotting method. This particular method causes ATMs to hurl money like the well-known slot machines when they hit the jackpot, a US Secret Service official said on Monday.
In the last few days there have been about fifty successful jackpotting attacks, the official said.
Hacking ATMs spewing torrents of cash have been seen across the United States from the southern part of the country in the New England region to the Northeast, said Matthew O'Neill, an agent in the criminal investigations division. at Reuters.
The jackpotting attacks in the United States, according to O'Neill, came in the second year, following attacks in various parts of Europe and Latin America in recent years.
"It was only a matter of time before they hit our country," O'Neill said.
Diebold Nixdorf Incand NCR Corp, two of the world's largest ATM manufacturers, warned last week that cybercriminals are targeting ATMs with specific tools needed for jackpotting.
Diebold Nixdorf's warning details the steps criminals take. These include gaining physical access, replacing the hard drive, and using an industrial endoscope to push an internal button that can cause reset device.
Windows XP-based machines are more vulnerable, while ATMs running Windows 7 are better protected from attacks.
"There is no magic solution to the problem"
Jackpotting has been on the rise worldwide in recent years, although it is unclear how much money has been stolen because victims and police they often do not reveal all the details.
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