SAN JOSE, Calif.—A new report from FICO Card Alert Service shows there was a 10% increase in the number of payment cards compromised at U.S. ATMs and merchants in 2017.
Earlier this year, Diebold Nixdorf and NCR Corporation – the two biggest ATM makers in the world – warned that hackers are going after ATM machines in the U.S. with tools that can force the machines to spit out cash.
A confidential alert was sent to banks from the U.S. Secret Service that hackers are targeting standalone ATMs that are usually found in drug stores, big-box retailers and drive-thru ATMs, PYMNTS.com reported.
As CUToday.info has reported here, incidents of ATM “jackpotting” are finally being reported in the U.S. Jackpotting involves a hacker installing malware on an ATM causing it to spit out all its money.