SKIRMISHER

There’s an EWeek article showing you the how-tos on hacking and taking control of ATMs for the express purpose of making yourself obscenely rich.

The skinny:

1. Watch this YouTube video for elementary clues.

2. Pay a casual visit to your friendly neighborhood ATM and find out its specific model.

3. Use Google to zero in on that ATM’s operator manual. Do some serious, heart-thumping reading. May take up to 15 minutes of searching, maybe less.

4. The operator manual gives directions on how access the ATM’s three default passwords—master, service and operator—that could be used to hijack and possibly rig a machine. The manual also contains instructions on how to enter the diagnostic mode, how to program the ATM’s number keys to spit out cash withdrawals and how to change the passwords to take future ownership of the machine.

5. Because people are by nature lazy password-creating drones, it’s a good bet these ATM’s are “equipped” with factory default passwords, as told by GOS: “The default Master password is 123456 and the default Administrative password is 987654. To enter Management Functions as the Administrative user, enter 987654 and press ENTER (OK).”

6. Once you hit an ATM with the said crappy passwords (it’s fairly common, we’re told), launch a major crime spree and get rich.

7. Most important: make a huge donation to the Skirmisher to suppress your guilt.

via GOOGLE OPERATING SYSTEM

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