The ATM Hacker
Gresham, OR
Officials from a grocery store in the 2400 block of East Powell Boulevard reported that at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, someone “altered the denomination†of the store’s automatic teller machine and stole $240.
The suspect appeared to have an administrative password that he entered into the ATM, allowing him to trick the machine into giving $20 bills instead of $5s. The suspect withdrew six bills from the ATM, but instead of getting $80 worth of 5s, he got $320 worth of 20s — all while only charging the account $80. In addition, the suspect changed the denomination back when he was done with his transaction.
The theft was discovered when the person who fills the machine with money counted the bills and discovered the machine was short $240. No store employees know the password to change the denomination.
A similar theft happened at the store’s Portland location on Thursday, Jan. 26. Video surveillance shows the same man who committed the Gresham theft.
He is described as a white man in his 30s to 40s, 5-foot-8-inches-tall, average build with dark hair and eyes. He was wearing a white hat, white shoes, a brown jacket and dark pants.
Found in the Gresham Outlook
February 15th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
Oh, the irony of it all: Why do geeks have such a sucky fashion sense? Somebody should tell this moron that only good guys wear white hats.
February 15th, 2006 at 12:50 pm
MAYBE HE NEEDS TO TAKE SOME OF THAT MONEY HE IS STEALING AND INVEST IN A PERSONAL SHOPPER KIND OF LIKE THE QUEER GUYS ON TV…THEN HE COULD BE A THIEF WITH GOOD FASHION, WON’T HELP HIM MUCH WHEN HE GETS CAUGHT THOUGH, HE’LL BE WEARING THAT TACKY JAIL ORANGE COLOR LIKE EVERYONE ELSE AROUND HIM.
February 15th, 2006 at 1:26 pm
Uh, right. Six fivers = $80 and six twenties = $320. Maybe we do need more math in the high schools….
February 15th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
Sounds to me like the person who filled the cash trays (or “cassettes”, as we used to say in the banking business) may have been in on it,too. Let’s see…let’s put about $400 in 20’s in the front of the $5 tray, and 5’s in the $20 tray, then “accidently” let a friend know about your mistake…
Idiots didn’t realize there’s ALWAYS a paper trail.
February 15th, 2006 at 4:41 pm
I dunno, this sounds pretty smart to me, but i’d have to say theres something to be said about fashion in Oregon.