ATM in Virginia Beach hacked to give out four times more money
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An ATM in Virginia Beach, Virginia was cracked so it would give out 4 times as much money as it was supposed to; and this was done just by entering numbers into the keypad. A man bought a pre-paid card and used it in the ATM. The attack consisted of a magic number which was entered in the PIN keypad, which caused the machine to disburse $20 bills when it recorded giving out $5 dollar bills. No one in authority noticed for nine days, until an honest ATM user reported the machine was giving out too much money.
An ATM in Virginia Beach, Virginia was cracked so it would give out 4 times as much money as it was supposed to; and this was done just by entering numbers into the keypad.
A man bought a pre-paid card and used it in the ATM. The attack consisted of a magic number which was entered in the PIN keypad, which caused the machine to disburse $20 bills when it recorded giving out $5 dollar bills.
No one in authority noticed for nine days, until an honest ATM user reported the machine was giving out too much money.
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