What if you were trying to get money out of the ATM machine, and instead you got a snake? More »
Every Australian bank has a way to find your branch’s nearest ATM, either through a dedicated app or a component of their banking app. But what if you’re overseas? That’s where the free ATM Hunter app from Mastercard stands out. More »
In South Africa, ATMs have been weaponised with pepper spray to ward off thieves. What could possibly go wrong?? More »
As you know, to steal an ATM you only need John Connor’s Atari Portfolio, a credit card interface, and a password cracking program. Easy. That or 20 thugs and all that money will be yours. More »
In yet another demonstration of the never-ending hacking possibilities of the ASUS Eee PC laptop, three criminals in Brazil rigged an ATM with the little low cost computer to grab credit card information and personal information numbers to clone cards. Smart, except that one of them was a total moron.
It didn’t last long, but we’re surprised it happened at all: An ATM located in northern England was paying out double when users went for the maximum £300 withdrawal, netting £600 in spending cash. Needless to say, everyone who benefitted called their mothers, fathers, cousins and dog sitters, so that the overly generous cash machine was plumb out of bills within hours.
At first glance we thought this BlingNation Blinger was a handheld ATM device that would let you purchase stuff directly from a salesperson (like in Apple stores), but on closer examination it’s actually quite weirder.
