Rob a bank in a different way

by 8o8o on 2006-10-19 01:48:19

Uncle Li once said, "I hate you robbers the most; you have no technical skills at all." Therefore, an American youth changed the way to rob a bank.

He executed a self-made piece of code on an ATM (the video was once publicly available on YouTube but was quickly removed), causing the ATM to mistakenly dispense $20 as if it were $5. Thus, if he withdrew $250 using an untraceable debit card from that machine, he could actually take away $1000.

His ingenuity not only brought him a 400% return but also benefited other people who used that machine. This ATM worked generously for 9 days before being reported by an honest aunt.

The first thing I want to know is, what kind of code can hack an ATM?

The second thing I want to know is, if this happened around us, what would you do?

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When an ATM makes a mistake and gives out four times more money, what would you do:

Take the money and leave

Continue until the ATM reports that the money has been depleted

Report to the police and return the money

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