A local TV station not far from SecureWorld's headquarters in Portland has just uncovered more cases of "ATM jackpotting," and this time it happened in Washington State.
ATM jackpotting is where hackers either remotely hack into the ATM and cause it to spit out money or physically drill into the ATM and use surgical grade equipment to get the bills to spill out like a slot machine.
FOX 12 News reports:
FOX 12 uncovered more than a quarter of a million dollars in cash was stolen from machines in western Washington last December—including $88,000 in Bothell, more than $64,000 in Mount Vernon and $115,000 from three banks in Vancouver.
"Fraudsters will actually come in and take over your ATM and take all of the money out of it,” said Brian Alfano with Unitus Community Credit Union. "We are literally battling on a day to day basis to keep our member's information safe."
