USB Sticks Used In Robbery of ATMs

First time accepted submitter JeffOwl writes "BBC is reporting that thieves are infecting ATMs with malware using USB sticks. The malware creates a backdoor that can be accessed at the front panel. The thieves are damaging the ATM to access a USB port then patching it back up to avoid notice. This indicates that the crew is highly familiar with the ATMs in question. Once the ATM is infected, the thieves use a 12 digit code to bring up the alternate interface. The thieves, not wanting their crew to go rogue, have built a challenge-response access control into their software and must call another member who can generate the response for them."

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Re:That's what you get

[Anonymous Coward]

That's ok, you probably don't know every design or implementation available for ATMs, so your lack of knowledge of this specific model's parameters is perfectly normal.

The fact is, administrative access is sometimes necessary for systems, and having a way to do it? Perfectly normal. What do you think, they never need to control their system in any way that isn't done by resoldering an eeprom?