A Union justice this week sentenced a man in Springfield , Massachusetts , to prison house because he whoop automated teller machine to make them spew money . It will be the first time someone in the U.S. goes to prison for this human body of ATM hack known as “ jackpotting . ”
The Department of Justiceannounced on Wednesdaythat 22 - year - old Argenys Rodriguez will pass 12 months and one solar day in prison house . The DOJrevealed in Februaryit had charged Rodriguez and Alex Alberto Fajin - Diaz for their aver involvement in a jackpotting scheme . surety bloggerBrian Krebsreported a calendar month earlierthat the Secret Service had been informing banking institutionsthat hackers were installing computer hardware and software in ATMs that would make the machine empty out all their cash . Before then , jackpotting was only recognise to be a major problem outside of the U.S. , particularly in Europe and Asia .
According to the DOJ , the hackers involved in Rodriguez ’s scheme dressed as technician and installed malware on an ATM , then others used the malware to jackpot the machine . Court documentsshow they used thePloutus malware , which allow aggressor to jackpot ATMs from a smartphone .
Police in Cromwell , Connecticut , bump Fajin - Diaz and Rodriguez near an ATM that was spewing cash on January 27 , after Citizen Bank investigator had alert authority of wary activity . Police searched the suspects ’ elevator car and found the cock needed to plow an ATM into a jackpot slot . The workforce had approximately $ 5,600 in cash on them , but authorities before long found out the two men , along with other partners , had taken $ 63,200 from the car . Five days earlier , the operation had jackpotted $ 63,820 from an ATM in Rhode Island .
Both Rodriguez and Fajin - Diaz , who is a Spanish citizen , pleaded guilty of conspiracy to trust bank fraud . Fajin - Diaz is still awaiting sentencing .
In addition to his prison conviction , Rodriguez will have two class of supervision and have to pay a restitution of $ 121,355.38 .
[ Department of Justice , ZDNet ]
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