ATM in Virginia Beach hacked to give out four times more money
{{date|September 14, 2006}}

An ATM in Virginia Beach, Virginia was cracked so it would give out 4  times as much money as it was supposed to; and this was done just by entering numbers into the keypad.

A man bought a pre-paid card and used it in the ATM.  The attack consisted of a magic number which was entered in the PIN keypad, which caused the machine to disburse $20 bills when it recorded giving out $5 dollar bills.

No one in authority noticed for nine days, until an honest ATM user reported the machine was giving out too much money.

== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/15511168.htm
|title=ATM reprogrammed to deliver more cash
|author=''[[w:Associated Press|Associated Press]]''
|pub=The Mercury News
|date=September 13, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=110889&ran=223062
|title=ATM reprogrammed to give out 4 times more money
|author=Duane Bourne
|pub=Virginian Pilot
|date=September 13, 2006}}

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[[Category:Crime and law]]
[[Category:Virginia]]
[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:North America]]
[[Category:Wackynews]]
An ATM in Virginia Beach, Virginia was cracked so it would give out 4  times as much money as it was supposed to; and this was done just by entering numbers into the keypad.

A man bought a pre-paid card and used it in the ATM.  The attack consisted of a magic number which was entered in the PIN keypad, which caused the machine to disburse $20 bills when it recorded giving out $5 dollar bills.

No one in authority noticed for nine days, until an honest ATM user reported the machine was giving out too much money.

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