Dutch blaggers explode ATMs
You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off
By John Leyden
Published Tuesday 14th March 2006
Banks in the Netherlands have begun fitting air vents to ATMs after
local blaggers took to blowing up tills using explosive gas.
According to local reports, enterprising local crims have taken to
drilling holes in conventional ATMs and filling them full of
flammable gas and igniting it from a safe distance, a technique
called plofkraak. Surprisingly this doesn't incinerate the contents
of cash dispensing machines.
While losses from more conventional fraud (such as skimming) has
dropped over the last two years attacks using gas or explosives are
increasing in a number of countries across Europe. Of 17 physical
attacks against ATM in the Netherlands last year, 10 involved heavy
vehicles crashing into machines, five featured gaseous explosives
and two featured other types of explosive. Robbers have also used
the gaseous explosive technique against ATMs in France and Germany.
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Just make sure when you withdrawing money, the ATM does not
explode!!!
else you become bits and pieces... 