We’ve seen different ways of how hackers gain control of an ATM to steal money in the past, but Symantec’s blog post reports of a recent method to make ATMs dispense cash and it just involves a text message. The embedded Ploutus in the computer starts up and basically commands the ATM to begin dispensing cash, just about the same time an accomplice goes to the ATM to ‘withdraw’ money. When it launched during the pandemic, stock shortages saw people paying money in the PHP 40Ks for the console and bundled games. Before this jump, it was at PHP 30,790 - so a near PHP 10K leap.This comes at a time when many are also looking to get Sony PlayStation 5 consoles due to the imminent release of much-awaited titles, such as Grand Theft Auto VI. Read more in our articles including "Hackers use text messaging to make ATMs dispense cash" and "The biggest changes are coming to Android Auto".
We’ve seen different ways of how hackers gain control of an ATM to steal money in the past, but Symantec’s blog post reports of a recent method to make ATMs dispense cash and it just involves a text message. The embedded Ploutus in the computer starts up and basically commands the ATM to begin dispensing cash, just about the same time an accomplice goes to the ATM to ‘withdraw’ money.
When it launched during the pandemic, stock shortages saw people paying money in the PHP 40Ks for the console and bundled games. Before this jump, it was at PHP 30,790 - so a near PHP 10K leap.This comes at a time when many are also looking to get Sony PlayStation 5 consoles due to the imminent release of much-awaited titles, such as Grand Theft Auto VI.
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