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FBI warns of sophisticated attack on ATMs

The website Krebs on Security reports that on Friday, the FBI sent banks around the country an alert. It said cyber criminals were preparing to a launch a global fraud scheme known as an “ATM cashout.” Small- and medium-sized banks appear most vulnerable to these kind of ATM attacks. Click the audio player above to […]

A man takes out Euro banknotes from an automated teller machine. 
A man takes out Euro banknotes from an automated teller machine. 
JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD/AFP/Getty Images

The website Krebs on Security reports that on Friday, the FBI sent banks around the country an alert. It said cyber criminals were preparing to a launch a global fraud scheme known as an “ATM cashout.” Small- and medium-sized banks appear most vulnerable to these kind of ATM attacks.

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