A North Carolina grocery worker is being held without bail in Houston on
attempted computer hacking charges after inadvertently partnering with
an undercover FBI agent in an alleged citywide ATM-reprogramming caper.<div id="TixyyLink" style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;">
<br>Read More <a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/05/thor/#ixzz0n08UepYr">http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/05/thor/#ixzz0n08UepYr</a><br></div><br>Cash-machine–reprogramming scams were first noticed in the financial
industry in 2005, and surfaced publicly in 2006 when a cyber thief was
caught on video looting an ATM at a Virginia gas station. Threat Level
later confirmed that default administrative passcodes for retail ATMs
manufactured by Tranax and Triton were printed in owner’s manuals easily
found online.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Mark Kelly<br>Manager - Information Systems<br>McKinnon Secondary College<br>McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>Direct line / Voicemail: 8520 9085<br>School Phone +613 8520 9000<br>
School Fax +613 9578 9253<br><a href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au">kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>Webmaster - <a href="http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a><br>IT Lecture notes: <a href="http://vceit.com">http://vceit.com</a><br>
Moderator: IT Applications Mailing List<br><br>The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.<br>