How ATMs are hacked and protected

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Hacking ATMs using malware or traditional physical methods is becoming perhaps the most unfortunate trend in the banking sector in 2018. The wave of “jackpotting” attacks that swept through Asia, North and South America at the beginning of the year continued with a series of similar crimes in European countries, including the post-Soviet space.

The main problem for financial institutions is that they have to protect their self-service infrastructure from completely different types of attacks, and it is not possible to find a single universal solution to all possible problems.

It is important to understand that financial institutions lithuania whatsapp data not only their property (the terminals themselves) and stored funds, but also access to various important information about their activities and clients, as well as their own good name and the image they are creating as a reliable provider of banking services.

All the threats under consideration can be divided into three main types. Each group of vulnerabilities has its own specifics and requires the consolidation of several bank departments (technical department, security service, customer service departments) and an experienced technology partner.

Physical attacks on ATMs
According to statistics, most attacks on self-service devices are carried out by rather primitive means: they try to saw or break the ATM, which in most cases takes quite a long time and attracts the attention of the police. In 8 out of 10 cases of such physical attacks, it is quite easy to track down the criminals, and they do not even have time to gain access to the stored money.