http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/crime-and-law/denied-no-bail-for-atm-hacker/2342608.aspx BY NATASHA RUDRA The Canberra Times 01 Nov, 2011 A Lyneham man who pleaded guilty to hacking into two ATMs to steal $10,400 was already on bail for stealing thousands more dollars from cash machines to feed a gambling addiction, a court has heard. Luke Angus McLaren, 23, posed as a technician when he hacked into the machines at the Westfield Belconnen shopping mall last Friday, collecting $6400 from one machine and $4000 from another. According to the statement of facts tendered in the ACT Magistrates Court, McLaren then went out and blew the money during a 30-hour gambling spree at Canberra Casino at the weekend, losing a total of $52,000. When he ran out of money and had to leave the casino about 4am on Sunday, he tried to hack into another ATM to steal more cash but failed because the machine had been secured by the company which owned it. [...] _____________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Tue Nov 01 2011 - 00:47:45 PDT
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