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An American expert on "breaking into" computer programs can "force" ATMs to throw out all their money. He presented his method at a conference in Las Vegas.
Criminals usually rob ATMs by setting up small cameras that 'read' customers' cards or, most simply, by breaking down walls and taking away ATMs.
However, hacker Barnaby Jack says that he spent two years working on how to rob an ATM smarter - to break into the ATM computer program.
He presented the results of his work at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, the annual gathering of computer program security experts.
His discovery is very important for banks around the world, which should now introduce new security measures.
Barnaby Jack says that the essence is that all ATMs from the same manufacturer have an identical key for the door behind which the computer's computer connection is. That is why it is easy to access the machine and its program and "order" it to throw out all the money.
Another principle of attacking ATMs, which was found by an American hacker, is based on the fact that the manufacturers of these machines do not use a password for their occasional Internet access to their computers. Thus, the ATM program can be accessed from a distance and the machine can be "ordered" to immediately withdraw all the money or to occasionally withdraw smaller, more difficult to notice amounts.
Barnaby Jack did not give details because, as he said, his goal is not to train someone on how it is done, but at the conference, he attracted a lot of attention from program security experts and upset the ATM manufacturers whose secrets he revealed.
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