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| From | Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.2600, sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity |
| Subject | Re: trick a network of bank ATMs into spitting out millions...without using a card |
| Date | 2016-07-17 13:40 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <dv0d1lFb6nlU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <57894154.3AB2@ix.netcom.com> <dutvesFo6icU1@mid.individual.net> <578A8EC4.734D@ix.netcom.com> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 17/07/2016 5:45 AM, The Starmaker wrote: > Sylvia Else wrote: >> >> On 16/07/2016 6:02 AM, The Starmaker wrote: >>> Taiwan is trying to figure out how hackers managed to trick a network of bank ATMs into spitting out millions...without using a card >>> >>> http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/14/news/bank-atm-heist-taiwan/index.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> That shouldn't be too hard. >>> >>> >>> It's like remotely opening >>> a dvd drive on someone else computer. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> A littler hacking and a little understanding of physics... >>> >>> >>> Richard Feynman can explain it... >>> >> >> Despite indications from various[*] US police procedural TV dramas, it's >> not actually possible to hack any arbitrary device. >> >> The hackers used one or more mistakes made in the way the ATMs were >> constructed and programmed. >> >> The problem is to figure out what the mistakes are, and how they were >> exploited. >> >> Sylvia. >> >> [*] Actually, all of them, I suspect. > > > I'm pretty sure the FBI won't have any problem finding out...they just > give someone a million dollars to tell them how...anyone. > > > There is a 4 year old right now working on it with his smart phone... > Even if the 4 year old manages to break into the ATM, that will only prove that it's possible (which is pretty much already known, absent an inside job), not that the method the 4 year old used was the specific method the hackers used. Sylvia.
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trick a network of bank ATMs into spitting out millions...without using a card The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-07-15 13:02 -0700
Re: trick a network of bank ATMs into spitting out millions...without using a card Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-07-16 15:36 +1000
Re: trick a network of bank ATMs into spitting out millions...without using a card The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-07-16 12:45 -0700
Re: trick a network of bank ATMs into spitting out millions...without using a card Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-07-17 13:40 +1000
Re: trick a network of bank ATMs into spitting out millions...without using a card Triscal Islington <trust.your.technolust@mail.ru> - 2016-09-11 14:43 -0400
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