Current Book: Secrets & Lies - Schneier

Excerpt:

In April 1993, a small group of criminals wheeled a Fujitsu model 7020 automated teller machine into the Buckland Hills Mall in Hartford, Connecticut [that mall is actually in Manchester, but ok], and turned it on. The machine was specially programmed to accept ATM cards from customers, record their account numbers and PINs, and then tell the unfortunate consumers that no transactions were possible. A few days later, the gang encoded the stolen account numbers and PINs onto counterfeit ATM cards, and started withdrawing cash from ATMs in midtown Manhattan.

Too bad I was only 7 when this happened otherwise I'd remember it having happened. Pretty cute trick really.

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