Google search yields ATM passcodes
September 24, 2006
SNPX.com: Breaking into an ATM might not involve ramming it with a forklift after all. A security researcher has discovered it can be done using some thing much less violent – a Google search. According to a report on eWeek, respected security researcher Dave Goldsmith, founder of Matasano Security and formerly of @Stake, used Google to find master passwords for a popular U.S. ATM brand, the Tranax Mini-Bank 1500 series, in only 15 minutes.