, 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
, 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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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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