WASHINGTON: A coordinated group of hackers likely tied to international criminal syndicates has pilfered more than US$1mil (RM3.89mil) by hijacking ATM machines across the United States and forcing them to spit out bills like slot machines dispensing a jackpot, a senior US Secret Service official said.
Within the past few days there have been about a half-dozen successful "jackpotting" attacks, the official said.
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