Global ATM Caper Nets Hackers $9 Million in One Day

[trklisted at networksamurai.org (trklisted)]

I saw this on FoxNews yesterday, since it happened back in November I  
thought it was written to death. This is very elegantly done, and  
should have had more news around this thing.

70k an ATM seems pretty reasonable if everyone has a 500-600 dollar  
limits.


On Feb 4, 2009, at 9:46 PM, Mad Marv wrote:

> http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/atm.html
>
> At the time, the company said it identified fraudulent activity on  
> only
> 100 cards, making it sound like small beans. But it turns out the  
> hacker
> managed to lift the withdrawal limits on those 100 cards, before
> dispatching an global army of cashers to drain them with repeated
> rapid-fire withdrawals. More than 130 ATMs in 49 cities from Moscow to
> Atlanta were hit simultaneously just after midnight Eastern Time on
> November 8.
>
> = 
> = 
> ======================================================================
>
> Let's see, that's an average of $70k / ATM.  How much cash does an ATM
> carry anyway?  And it could only spit out a few hundred at a time.
>
> And when does the movie for this stunt come out?  Ocean's 130 FTW!
>
> Marv
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