Kids With Operators Manual Alert Bank Officials: "We Hacked Your ATM" 378
An anonymous reader writes "Two 14-year-olds hacked a Bank of Montreal ATM after finding an operators manual online that showed how to gain administrative control. Matthew Hewlett and Caleb Turon alerted bank employees after testing the instructions on an ATM at a nearby supermarket. At first the employees thought the boys had the PIN numbers of customers. 'I said: "No, no, no. We hacked your ATM. We got into the operator mode,"' Hewlett was quoted as saying. Then, the bank employees asked for proof. 'So we both went back to the ATM and I got into the operator mode again,' Hewlett said. 'Then I started printing off documentations like how much money is currently in the machine, how many withdrawals have happened that day, how much it's made off surcharges. Then I found a way to change the surcharge amount, so I changed the surcharge amount to one cent.'"
In other news... (Score:5, Funny)
In other news, domestic terrorist ringleaders Matthew Hewlett and Caleb Turon were arrested today in what Department of Homeland Security spokesman Peter Atriot called "a blow for freedom against Jihadists". The two men are believed to diverted funds vital to global banking, thereby aiding and assisting worldwide terror organisations.
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That's the password on my luggage.
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So.... they had the manual with passwords....
this is hacked.... how?
Same way I hacked my VCR so it doesn't flash 12:00 anymore!
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Okay, a lifetime of prison with the signs also in French.
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I'm actually surprised they're not yet in jail...
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Not just in French, but with the French on top and in a larger typeface so that it is markedly predominant.
It's the law.
Re:Hacked? (Score:5, Funny)
So.... they had the manual with passwords....
this is hacked.... how?
Same way I hacked my VCR so it doesn't flash 12:00 anymore!
Wait.. what? You can do that?
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We need some moderation to mark a post Sad instead of Funny.
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> and don't want to get sued for infringement.
No problems. You can only be accused of ignorance since Winnipeg is a little far from Quebec.
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It's Canada, not the US.
Yet...
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It's Canada, not the US.
Well that explains them reading the manual. Or anything, for that matter.