How to get an ATM PIN number in 15 guesses

How to get an ATM PIN number in 15 guesses
John Leyden, The Register 2003-02-21

Cambridge researchers have documented a worrying PIN cracking technique against the hardware security modules commonly used by bank ATMs.

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How to get an ATM PIN number in 15 guesses 2003-02-21
Anonymous (2 replies)

Here's an easier and better way to do it:

User "porky" has an ATM account, his PIN is "1118" (for example).

Someone co-opts his card. Goes to an ATM attempting to quess the PIN. They submit "5555". This encoded transmission is sent to the database. Crossreferencing "porky" and "5555" this is n...

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How to get an ATM PIN number in 15 guesses - Not good enough 2003-02-22
Anonymous

Simple way around this:

Try one (or 2) PINs per day. If all you need is ~15-20 tries, you have only a few weeks work ahead of you.

Obviously, the better way to get a PIN is a simple hidden camera.

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Re: How to get an ATM PIN number in 15 guesses 2009-04-01
Anonymous

how to find the pin number after blocking the card...

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How to get an ATM PIN number in 15 guesses 2003-02-22
Anthony M. Saffer <anthony (at) safferconsulting (dot) com [email concealed]>

The thing that everyone should remember here is that breaching an ATM's security is exceptionally easy if you have even the foggiest idea about how it all works. As someone who's worked as the IT manager for a bank I was intimately involved with setting up our network and bringing our ATM's online a...

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