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Cybercriminals are using software from leading ATM manufacturer Diebold in a series of hacks against cash terminals across Europe, forcing the machines to dispense cash to crooks.
Criminals using a black-box device common with these type of attacks have increased their activity across Europe by targeting Diebold’s ProCash 2050xe USB terminals, according to an Active Security Alert (PDF) by Diebold Nixdorf released last week.
The company believes that the device used in the attacks “contains parts of the software stack of the attacked ATM,” it said in its alert.
It’s as yet unclear about how attackers gained access to the internal software of the machines, according to Diebold. However, a previous offline attack against an unencrypted hard disc of the machine could be to blame, according to the alert.