Comments on: ATM Thieves Swap Security Camera for Keyboard

By: MobileBankerBen

MobileBankerBen — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:24:57 +0000

The commissary would be the ideal spot for the thief to grab some coffee, sit down with their laptop, and remotely download from the device without being noticed.

In other areas, that type of activity might be noticed or frowned upon, as electronics such as cell phones and wireless cards are seen to adversely affect the telemetry used to monitor patients.

By: Nick P

Nick P — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 02:55:50 +0000

Perhaps I should have said “more criminals.” It’s more in line with what I was thinking at the time.

By: voksalna

voksalna — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:32:05 +0000

Thanks, but I was hoping for the actual manufacturer/model number, which I can’t make out, nor does it look like a make/model I am specifically familiar with having seen the casing (and the image that can be made larger only gives away the display manufacturer). At a minimum it might be a good idea to choose another make/model if given the option (truly, bad design decisions on the hardware maker’s part).

By: John

John — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:08:13 +0000

I’ve been around ATM’s a long time and have never seen one with a security camera attached to the terminal.

Every security camera I’ve seen on an ATM (if they even have one) is connected to its own DVR. So all you would get would be video.

I wonder if this is one of the new full function ATM’s with deposit and check cashing ability. I’ve never seen an ATM with hardware strong enough to handle storing video. Most can only handle small jpeg images only.

By: Thomas Lionel Smets

Thomas Lionel Smets — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:25:07 +0000

I thought I did posted a reply …
Locking down a computer so it take more then “just” a reboot to boot from an external USB is not too complex. But buying Hardware that does not come from the cheapest supermark might have been a good idea…
The whole point is to ensure that even with internal knowledge, it would have taken more time than the time for the Security forces to turn up… but this increases the maintenance cost also …
Security & Lean are not the best mate unless REALLY well done

By: André Luis Pereira dos Santos

André Luis Pereira dos Santos — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:12:47 +0000

Hello.
The ATM is the same type of this pics:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SPs6aMcJzKY/UIl26ykYD2I/AAAAAAAAOOE/VgLjhNCdCL0/s1600/bb.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IPwJqN0aGtY/T7o2Ye2YLWI/AAAAAAAABnc/L3fVFVR9Olk/s1600/DSC00230.JPG

By: voksalna

voksalna — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:04:43 +0000

Have they released the make and model of the ATM? One could certainly make assumptions on how it failed if one had this data.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:27:41 +0000

As a side not, there was an ad for Kevin Mitnik Security Awareness Training at the end of the article. Kind of ironic since this sound liek something he would have loved doing!

By: IsIb

IsIb — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:22:05 +0000

Just NJ Dennis?

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:07:04 +0000

Brian – Your picture of the two machines at the Fairfax Hospital: The machine on the left is not an ATM, it is a RepTrax machine that prints temporary access badges or stickers for vendor representatives. The machine on the right appears to be an ATM and may even have a card slot that matches the card-skimming device shown above.

Thanks for the indirect reminder to email my daughter about using ATM machines in NJ.