Five Venezuelan nationals pleaded guilty to jackpotting cash machines.

Small banks and independent cash-machine operators absorb losses when a machine’s cash cassettes empty.

Jackpotting opens the machine’s casing and commands its dispenser directly, since its software trusts any device on the internal bus.

Federal officials say jackpotting crews remain active despite the guilty pleas.

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The Record
maps jackpotting technique and industry countermeasures available, cites $58M national ATM vulnerability pattern

Sources: The Record