Hacking an ATM: How to Make an ATM Spew out Money

He didn't say it was easy. It took him about 8 months of work, and he actually had access to the machines in question.

And note, he is talking about stand-alone ATM machines (the kind you see here in the US in out of the way stores).

one more url i found interesting: http://www.bankers.asn.au/Default.aspx?ArticleID=610

"Even self-service banking is expensive to provide. An ATM costs cost on average $40,000 and it then has to be installed, maintained and stocked with cash."

a little OT I guess, meh :P

Why bother with publicity if you can just develop it yourself?

The people that want this technology don't want it that badly. If you develop chemical weapons, you've got to start worrying.

Sure, usually people that sell things like vending machines will sell the types of ATMs you see at convenience stores. They aren't quite the same as the ones the banks use, but they still hold cash.

They appear to have them for sale on ebay...

Yeah pretty much.

I don't know about buying one from a vendor, but I bet if you knew the right ahem ring of people you could get a... used... one for whatever the blackmarket rate is

I guess not :p

I don't know about the US in particular, but most countries have laws against intrusion into computer systems, referred as "automatized data processing" or the like. For example in France, you'd risk up to 3 years in prison and a 300,000€ fine for that kind of actions.