Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Hacker reprograms ATM machine to dispense extra cash


"The machine was programmed to disburse $20 bills. So, for example, taking $200 from your account would usually mean you got 10 bills. “The suspect made the ATM believe it was giving $5 bills, but the user was still getting $20s, so a user would end up with four times the amount of cash, but their account would still show only a $200 debit,” explained Va. Beach police spokeswoman Margie Long."

Customers used the machine to get extra cash for 9 days before someone was honest enough to report it.

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