Posted on 08/13/2018 12:53:50 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009
I saw a green screen recently. Looked like IBM AS/400. Of course it could be IBM 30xx-type since I worked on those, too. I didn’t look for a tran code in the upper corner but it wouldn’t have to be visible anyways.
Those machines are out there, but it’s very difficult to make a connection with anyone past the HR dept, especially if you’re mostly legacy systems-experienced as I.
I wish I could wear one, but it made the voices stop too and I got lonely.
Actually, no. The actual attack before was discovered by Barnaby Jack almost a decade ago and was presented at the black hat conference live on stage. I worked with him to go to banks and atm companies to help them shore up the security. It is called jackpotting because of his name, and also how it makes an atm act like a slot machine. Step 1 is creating the malware, step 2 is getting it loaded, step 3 is propagating it across the bank network and step 4 is blackmailing the banks that you will do step 5 (actually do it). In jackpotting you instruct the atm to spot out cash when if no customer is there, and the purpose is to destroy trust in the banking system.
[I wish I could wear one, but it made the voices stop too and I got lonely.]
Oh man, what a drag.
It was just the Martians saying “Drink more Ovaltine”.
I remember a comedian did a routine on Son of Sam. The joke was did people know that the dog was telling Son of Sam to commit the attacks.
The comedian said, when I my dog does that, I get a rolled up newspaper, smack him and say “Bad dog! Bad dog!”.
Maybe the Russians!
Well, the Chinese would definitely steal it.
I’m surprised they don’t have Pong golf clubs.
Though I know they’ve made fakes with real names.
I have an uncle who is a retired banker.
The bank he worked for had an ATM on a major university campus which would apparently spit our twenties at random. This went on for YEARS. Everyone on campus apparently knew about it, yet none of them ever reported it.
Couple years ago we had a warning of a big winter storm coming to our coastal community. I went to the ATM and gas station. When the storm hit the ATM’s and gas stations went down for a couple days. I had gas for car and generator and cash. Relief helicopters could not fuel up at the airport because their pumps didn’t work either.
“Guess I better drain my account...all $12.50 of it.”
I can relate. If someone were to steal my identity I could probably demand a ransom for them to give it back to me.
Easier said than done.
You have the variety of manufacturers (NCR, Diebold Nixdorf, Nautilus Hyosung et al), machines at differing maintenance levels, banks (too many to count), geographic areas, and network conditions.
At the very least, you’d have to remotely set that semaphore server-side and have some sort of agreement between all the moving parts.
tl;dr: It’s not an easy job.
Gitcher money out now!
sigh
“The comedian said, when MY dog does that, I get a rolled up newspaper, smack him and say “Bad dog! Bad dog!”.”
A lot easier than having a lightning-speed transaction db to prevent mass-withdrawals.
My setup at least allows for the time of PIN entry and screen display for transactions, and the execution of the transaction on those screens (Withdrawal - Amount - Execute).
It would give the banks a fighting chance.
The FBI, rank & file, have mostly always been heroes of mine. Yes, I have several friends who are FBI rank & file.
The Leadership, on the other hand, I have no use for!
“I’m surprised they don’t have Pong golf clubs.”
With all the Asian LPGA players I am surprised too. That or Callawei.
lol
I have a very fine set of golf clubs that I bought at Sam’s Club while in college.
Perfect for a golfer like me, LOL.
Ah, I miss the old Putt-Putt courses.
Well, that kinda is the point of my design. :)
And let us say that out of 10000 cloned-card attempts, 100 get the semaphore at the same time.
ONE of those semaphore locks WILL be the first, and that one will have a location code.
From then on, all subsequent transactions will be ignored unless the sending ATM location code matches the one on the semaphore table.
Hire me, I'll code it.
So those guys are gonna hack the machine and make it spit out Rubles?
I remember when they tested the Chinese knock-off clubs - they hit something like 90% of the distance or so.
I used to be able to drive but terrible with irons. So-so at putting.
Last time I went (about 14 years ago - I don’t get out much) I couldn’t drive, was GREAT with my #2 iron and couldn’t putt at all). It was an IBM-sponsored event and I got to attend. Did corporate challenge back then.
I’m a big believer in a 4-man scramble, LOL.
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