Raspberry Pi used in Texas ATM burglaries

Date:
Wed, 06 Sep 2023 20:52:56 +0000

Description:
Details are thin on the ground, and weve run out of Pi(e) puns.

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Three net-savvy tech-Texans have been arrested for allegedly (read: being caught in the act) using a Raspberry Pi to steal thousands of dollars from ATMs in the city of Lubbock.

Per local news outlet EverythingLubbock (via Toms Hardware ), their spree of ill-gotten gains (thousands of dollars taken from machines in West Texas)
came to an end after officers apprehended them in a hotel room containing several Raspberry Pis.

And if youre wondering whether this is just an execrable Adam Sandler film about three hapless computer programmers in the wrong time, well, it isnt.
Our heroes have been charged with Unlawful Interception, Use, or Disclosure
of Wire, Oral or Electric Communications, as well as, simply, Engaging in Criminal Activity - which is an incredible law to have. When the Raspberry
Pis involved in a bank heist, thats larceny (amore)

The relative novelty of this case means that you have incredulous local news reporting it as though the Raspberry Pi is some Dr. Claw invention , but its unclear as to just how the defendants pulled this off with everyones
favourite dinky computer-ma-bob. We doubt youll find the software on Github, though.

Thats all the news thats fit to print, given that, because the case is in the US - a fine, upstanding capitalist democracy: the best - the municipal court documents have been thrown behind a paywall. Look, its a slow news day, but not that slow. Read more

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Our sister site Toms Hardware has forked out, but havent gleamed much: not even the 5-0 know how the thefts were possible. However, the records confirm that the defendants really were witnessed stealing $5700 USD from a single ATM, so theyre hardly Q-Branch material. We've also listed the best business laptops right now



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/pro/raspberry-pis-were-used-in-texas-atm-burglaries


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