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alboking_uk · 21-02-10, 11:24 PM

Hey guys just saw this news a bit old but its very scary and shocking really.

"SKULDUGGERY," says Andrew Henwood, "is a very good word to describe what this extremely advanced, cleverly written malware gets up to. We've never seen anything like it."
What he has discovered is a devious piece of criminal coding that has been quietly at work in a clutch of cash machines at banks in Russia and Ukraine. It allows a gang member to walk up to an ATM, insert a "trigger" card, and use the machine's receipt printer to produce a list of all the debit card numbers used that day, including their start and expiry dates - and their PINs. Everything needed, in fact, to clone those cards and start emptying bank accounts. In some cases, the malicious software even allows the criminal to eject the machine's banknote storage cassette into the street

Read more here
Cash machines hacked to spew out card details - tech - 17 June 2009 - New Scientist

River-Rat · 21-02-10, 11:33 PM

7 months old lol

alboking_uk · 21-02-10, 11:36 PM

wel if u read i did say its a bit old

reddiesel · 22-02-10, 02:59 AM

These chip and pin cards are not as secure as they were supposed to be, i think we should go back to pieces of eight or bags of salt.
They seem to prefer using a fork lift truck to remove the whole machine in this country,not as clever as the russians.

21-02-10, 11:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
alboking_uk Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 465 Thanks: 40 Thanked 56 Times in 45 Posts	Cash machines hacked to spew out card details Hey guys just saw this news a bit old but its very scary and shocking really. "SKULDUGGERY," says Andrew Henwood, "is a very good word to describe what this extremely advanced, cleverly written malware gets up to. We've never seen anything like it." What he has discovered is a devious piece of criminal coding that has been quietly at work in a clutch of cash machines at banks in Russia and Ukraine. It allows a gang member to walk up to an ATM, insert a "trigger" card, and use the machine's receipt printer to produce a list of all the debit card numbers used that day, including their start and expiry dates - and their PINs. Everything needed, in fact, to clone those cards and start emptying bank accounts. In some cases, the malicious software even allows the criminal to eject the machine's banknote storage cassette into the street Read more here Cash machines hacked to spew out card details - tech - 17 June 2009 - New Scientist

21-02-10, 11:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
River-Rat Ex cable guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,780 Thanks: 62 Thanked 385 Times in 281 Posts	Re: Cash machines hacked to spew out card details 7 months old lol __________________ 1 meter dish with octo lnb, xtrend et9200HD e2 box, 50inch Panasonic vt30. ps3, lg cinema sound

21-02-10, 11:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
alboking_uk Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 465 Thanks: 40 Thanked 56 Times in 45 Posts	Re: Cash machines hacked to spew out card details wel if u read i did say its a bit old

22-02-10, 02:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
reddiesel Super Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Beds Posts: 5,708 Thanks: 176 Thanked 957 Times in 839 Posts	Re: Cash machines hacked to spew out card details These chip and pin cards are not as secure as they were supposed to be, i think we should go back to pieces of eight or bags of salt. They seem to prefer using a fork lift truck to remove the whole machine in this country,not as clever as the russians. __________________

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