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Criminals Are Blowing up ATMs in Germany

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It’s low tech, but effective.

Why Germany? It has more ATMs than other European countries, and—if I read the article right—they have more money in them.

EDITED TO ADD (11/14): Blog readers commented that countries like the Netherlands have laws requiring ATMs to have better security features. One that I thought particularly clever is a small “glue explosion” inside the safe that’s triggered when the ATM safe is breached. The glue renders the currency worthless.

Tags: ATMs, banking, bombs, theft

Posted on October 28, 2024 at 12:12 PM20 Comments

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