Diebold to resell Thales security modules for PIN encryption

March 24, 2003

WESTON, Fla. -- Thales e-Security, which sells host security modules (HSMs) among other payment security products, has ntered into a reseller agreement with…

EFTA sponsors Triple DES seminar

March 18, 2003

HERNDON, Va. -- The Electronic Funds Transfer Association (EFTA) is sponsoring a one-day seminar on Triple DES on Thursday, April 3 in Irving, Texas.

Triton to offer TDES upgrade for 9500

March 18, 2003

LONG BEACH, Miss. -- Triton says it will provide its customers with an upgrade path for all of its existing ATMs, including the first-generation 9500.

Malaysia's ATMs to accept chip cards only by July

March 2, 2003

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysia expects to complete its conversion to Bankcard, a new chip-based multipurpose card that will replace magnetic strip ATM…

Companies intro process to simplify management of ATM master keys

February 26, 2003

NEW ORLEANS -- Columbus Data Services (CDS), an EFT processor specializing in ISO ATM processing and vault cash services, in conjunction with Trusted Security…

Companies offer classes for TG-3 certification

February 23, 2003

CONCORD, N.C. -- Abraham & Associates, Inc. and Fagan & Associates are offering four-day classes that will result in the necessary certification…

Washington legislators intro bills they hope will cut financial fraud

February 19, 2003

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Prompted by a boom in financial fraud and identity theft, state legislators have drafted a package of House and Senate bills that would…

PNC is 2nd bank to cancel ATM cards after hacker attack

February 19, 2003

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- PNC Bank said  it was forced to deactivate some 16,000 of its ATM/debit bearing the Visa logo after being notified by Visa that the cards…

UK's ATM Security Working Group could serve as model for U.S.

Alan Townsend, the London police detective who helped create an ATM Security Working Group with a number of the UK's top independent ATM deployers, says a…

Citizens Bank reissues ATM cards in wake of hacker attack

February 18, 2003

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Hundreds of bank customers in Pittsburgh and across the state had their ATM/debit cards canceled after a computer hacker stole some …

Prompted by ATM scams, Australia considering anti-skimming laws

February 16, 2003

SYDNEY -- Australian police are considering laws to crack down on thieves who use credit card technology to steal from ATMs.

Two women sentenced in Canadian ATM fraud

February 13, 2003

TORONTO -- Two women who participated in a $1.2 million fraud (about $790,464 U.S.) that a judge has called the "most significant attack on the ATM network in…

ATM suspects caught redhanded at blue movie store

February 13, 2003

TORONTO -- A theft attempt on an armored truck ended in a standoff at a nearby adult video store where the two suspects had sought refuge.

MasterCard intros new way of fingering card fraud

After a successful six-month beta test in Malaysia, MasterCard International is ready to roll out a new method of fraud prevention. The technology, developed…

C-store employee charged in ATM theft

February 10, 2003

HURLEY, Mich. -- A 48-year-old Ironwood woman was arrested Feb. 4 on a charge she stole more than $121,000 from an ATM at a Hurley convenience store where she…

NYCE sponsorship may help draw FIs to ATMIA show

Both the ATM Industry Association and NYCE Corporation believe that the upcoming 'ATMs in the Americas' event in Miami will have crossover appeal for…

NY police arrest suspect in daring ATM heist

February 9, 2003

NEW YORK -- Police arrested a suspect in the armed ATM heist at Brooklyn's Long Island University campus on Feb. 7.

Honest airport worker returns forgotten ATM cash

February 6, 2003

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Cleo Bishop, who works at a shoeshine stand at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, had an idea what the small lockbox held when…

Vancouver police break up ATM theft ring

February 6, 2003

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Vancouver Police believe they've cracked a theft ring after seizing numerous weapons in connection with 24 bank robberies that…

ATM security photos lead to multiple charges against hapless thief

February 6, 2003

STROUDSBURG, Pa.  -- Smile, you're busted again!