Security hole in cash machines

[Monty Solomon]

Friday, 9 November, 2001, 00:08 GMT
Security hole in cash machines

By BBC News Online technology correspondent Mark Ward

A serious weakness has been discovered in the methods used by banks 
to protect the number that lets you get money from a cash machine.

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have found that the 
computer systems which check that these numbers are valid are easy to 
defeat.

They warn that unscrupulous insiders could exploit these weaknesses 
to raid customer accounts.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1645000/1645552.stm




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