Electronic infiltration targeting ATMs in America

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(Reuters) - Electronic hackers are aiming to hijack ATM machines in the United States by using a device that can take out cash in their pocket and is a breakthrough, known as "jackpotting."

Deppold Neucdorff and NCR Corp did not identify any victims of the attacks and did not disclose the stolen amount. Global attacks have risen in recent years, but it is not clear how much money has been stolen because victims and police rarely disclose details.

Hackers who use this method sign the ATM as a catch to steal their money.
Reports of such attacks were reported on Saturday on the security site Crepes on Security, which he said began last year in Mexico.

The two companies confirmed to Reuters on Saturday that they had sent warnings to their customers.
Ncr said in a warning on Friday that these cases represent the first confirmed losses in the "Jacobing" method in the United States.

It said its machines had not been targeted in recent attacks, but it remained a concern for the entire ATM sector.
"All ATM dispensers must deal with this warning as a call to take steps to protect their machines from these attacks,"

DeBold Nicholsdorf said in a separate notice on Friday that the US authorities had warned it that hackers were targeting one of its models of ATMs known as Opteva and stopped production a few years ago.

The US Secret Service has sent a secret warning to banks that hackers targeted individual ATMs, especially those in pharmacies, large retail stores and ATM machines used during driving, the Crepes on Security website said.

Reuters was unable to obtain a copy of the secret service report and an official declined to comment. Officials from the FBI were not immediately available for comment.

Russian electronic group Group E has reported that cybercriminals have remotely attacked ATMs in more than 12 countries in Europe in 2016. Similar attacks have been reported in Thailand and Taiwan last year.