Europol has arrested 27 people accused of being involved in a series of successful black box attacks against ATMs across Europe. Since 2016, these attacks have resulted in more than 45 million in losses. First attacks were observed in 2015, but the technique was widely adopted by crooks since 2016. Crooks that were involved in the jackpotting ATM Black Box attacks are mainly from countries in Eastern Europe, such as Romania, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine. The brute force black box attack against an ATM starts by punching a hole into the machines casing, then the crooks connect a laptop to the exposed cables or ports and use it to issue commands to the ATM to dispense money.”]
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