home.hamptonroads.com— Last month, a man reprogrammed an automated teller machine at a gas station on Lynnhaven Parkway to spit out four times as much money as it should.
Sep 14, 2006View in Crawl 4
Having worked on the new Diebold ATM's for a year or so I can safely say this was done by putting $20's in the 5$ can. The same way this always happens.
He could have simply worked at a gas station or convenience store that had one of these. Once they show you how to load the bills and access the admin screen, it's a short mental leap to what he did.
digg down previous comment. Couldn't edit..."I'm sure there is some sort of encryption used" That is the one zillion dollar question. If you can solve that quandary, then you will own the world. You can't mimic the bank with a man-in-the-middle attack if the data layer is encrypted.
Damn gold duplication glitches, damn exploiters ruining the economy. This is the bastard responsible for driving up the price of gas! Now I'll never be able to afford a mount.I hope the admins ban all his accounts!
I used one of this Triton ATMs last weekend in San Francisco for the first time.. it was the most frustrating and annoying ATM I have ever used. It gave me a communication error a couple times, was very slow to respond, had odd status messages, and weird questions all over the place. At the end of my transaction it gave me some message that led me to believe it was still waiting for something. A very lousy ATM ... so this doesn't surprise me.
joshuahSep 14, 2006Submitter
Haha, Probably right.
goldenbbSep 15, 2006
Seriously. It's like a slot machine where you never lose.
pseudojdSep 15, 2006
Having worked on the new Diebold ATM's for a year or so I can safely say this was done by putting $20's in the 5$ can. The same way this always happens.
felchdonkeySep 15, 2006
He could have simply worked at a gas station or convenience store that had one of these. Once they show you how to load the bills and access the admin screen, it's a short mental leap to what he did.
hardjeansSep 15, 2006
digg down previous comment. Couldn't edit..."I'm sure there is some sort of encryption used" That is the one zillion dollar question. If you can solve that quandary, then you will own the world. You can't mimic the bank with a man-in-the-middle attack if the data layer is encrypted.
auniquenameSep 16, 2006
@MikeFromAmericaPrepaid debit cards like the ones NetSpend ( www.netspend.com ) offers and Western Union offers.
doubtfulsalmonSep 16, 2006
Suffice to say, funstuph didn't RTFA before he commented!
fgsfdsSep 22, 2006
Damn gold duplication glitches, damn exploiters ruining the economy. This is the bastard responsible for driving up the price of gas! Now I'll never be able to afford a mount.I hope the admins ban all his accounts!
blunessSep 23, 2006
I used one of this Triton ATMs last weekend in San Francisco for the first time.. it was the most frustrating and annoying ATM I have ever used. It gave me a communication error a couple times, was very slow to respond, had odd status messages, and weird questions all over the place. At the end of my transaction it gave me some message that led me to believe it was still waiting for something. A very lousy ATM ... so this doesn't surprise me.