The number of times you’ve been caught out and about without a bar of gold is set to be a distant memory – at least for Florida and Las Vegas residents, who’ll see hundreds of these ATMs installed next year.
In the past we might have worried about sophisticated card skimmers, sneaky bank fees or armed robbers when we stopped at an ATM, but based on recent events, we may now have to fear attractive bare-breasted female thieves too.
ATMs use computers. Computers have weaknesses. Hackers exploit weaknesses. See where this is going? A hacker developed software that can force an ATM’s computer to give free cash. Luckily for banks, he showed off his technique at the Black Hat conference.
In these financially uncertain times it’s not surprising people are turning to gold instead of cash, but I’d like to know how many 7-11s actually accept 27-carat gold bars these days?
