Hackers steal crypto from Bitcoin ATMs by exploiting zero-day bug
Mon, Aug 22, 2022 5:00 PM

Hackers steal crypto from Bitcoin ATMs by exploiting zero-day bug

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General Bytes, one of the top three manufacturers of bitcoin ATMs worldwide, has acknowledged that its ATMs were compromised utilising a zero-day server port vulnerability. Through this, the hacker stole cryptocurrency from users. When customers would deposit or purchase cryptocurrency via the ATM, the funds would instead be siphoned off by the hackers.

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