This Is Why Data Security Is So Important
If you think that giving a third party access to information is a good idea, this video may make you think twice.
The gentleman in this video found out what the default password was for the ATM machine. He then tried different ATMs until he found one with the default password. Once he got intot the machine with the default password, he programmed it to think that it was dispensing $5 bills when it was actually giving $20 bills. This means that every time you took out money, you received four times the amount of money you asked for!
“But,” you say, “this must have been an inside job. He must have worked for the ATM company!” You’d think so but he actually got his information from the ATM manual which he fouond via a Google search! And he’s not the only one finding interesting things online via Google!
(For those of you who cannot see the video, you can see it on YouTube.)
Lessons Learned
- Always change your default password.
- Never make private information public where it can be scanned and catalogued by others
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