The World's ATMs Have A Major Flaw In Their Security

How secure are Thailand's ATM machines? Well if reports from security company Positive Technologies are anything to go by, they are far from being Fort Knox.

It can take only five minutes for someone to take control of an ATM using a drill and USB connection.

The experts claimed all that is required is a hole to be drilled into the front of the ATM and a USB port inserted and hackers could force it to dispense cash or collect information from unsuspecting users.

Leigh-Anne Galloway, a security expert with Positive Technologies, told the BBC how an attacker can simply drill a hole just below the card reader in order to gain access to the USB port which is located beneath.

Once the USB port is located, malware is installed and the hackers are up and running.

It was also revealed that many ATMs around the world are still using Windows XP as their operating system. Hardly secure is it?

Apparently this technique was used to hack ATMs in Thailand in 2016. Scary stuff.

Source: BBC