Extracts from the January monthly digest (click here for the full digest):

Card Trapping / Cash Trapping / Card Swapping

January 2013 commenced with a significant number of cash trapping events detected in Europe. In response to this type of ATM fraud, the ATMIA have published Best Practices ...

Cheque Fraud / Fake Deposit / Leaving Transaction Live

Leaving transaction live fraud using the technique known as ‘stuck key fraud’ was detected in India during January and suspects were arrested. A student in the US was tricked into depositing a fake cheque for a family...

ATM Skimming / Skimming / EFTPOS Compromise

Skimming devices were reported on certain cash deposit terminals in Hong Kong, even although PIN entry is not required to perform deposits. No reports of financial losses were attributed to the incidents which may be explained as the perpetrators incorrectly targeting the wrong type of terminal. The incidents followed previously successful ATM skimming ...

Ram Raid Attacks / Theft of ATM / Smash-and-Grab

Police in the US released CCTV images of a man and women manually removing an ATM from a hotel using a dolly. A screwdriver was used to break into a shop in Namibia andsteal an ATM. In the US, suspects used a small car and chain in a failed attempt to remove an ATM...

Safe Cutting / Safe Breaking / Theft from ATM

Police in the US arrested two suspects attempting to cut open an ATM using a grinder and blow torch. In Thailand, a youth was arrested attempting to break into an ATM in order to fund his addiction to online gaming. Three suspects in the UAE failed to overcome a bank’s security..

Explosive Attacks

Four ATMs were destroyed in an explosive attack in Australia. Explosive attacks against three ATMs in Indonesia in January are not thought to have been an attempt to steal cash. ATM bombings continued in South Africa.

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