Editing ATM (section)

=== Physical ===
[[File:Procash stolen 1.jpg|thumb|upright|A [[Wincor Nixdorf]] Procash 2100xe Frontload that was opened with an [[angle grinder]]]]
Early ATM security focused on making the terminals invulnerable to physical attack; they were effectively safes with dispenser mechanisms. A number of attacks resulted, with thieves attempting to steal entire machines by [[ram-raiding]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obstructedtechnology.org/tech-news/things-to-keep-in-mind-when-opting-for-free-atm-placements.html|title=Things to Keep in Mind when Opting for Free ATM Placements|access-date=2015-09-15|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121090102/http://www.obstructedtechnology.org/tech-news/things-to-keep-in-mind-when-opting-for-free-atm-placements.html|archive-date=21 November 2015}}</ref> Since the late 1990s, criminal groups operating in Japan improved ram-raiding by stealing and using a truck loaded with heavy construction machinery to effectively demolish or uproot an entire ATM and any housing to steal its cash.

Another attack method, ''[[ATM blow up|plofkraak]]'' (a [[Dutch language|Dutch]] term), is to seal all openings of the ATM with [[silicone]] and fill the vault with a combustible gas or to place an explosive inside, attached, or near the machine. This gas or explosive is ignited and the vault is opened or distorted by the force of the resulting explosion and the criminals can break in.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/ATM-bombings-up-3000-20080712 |title=ATM bombings up 3000% |access-date=2011-04-07 |date=2008-07-12 |work=News24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114174333/http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/ATM-bombings-up-3000-20080712 |archive-date=14 January 2012 }}</ref>

ATM bombings began in the Netherlands, but as the nation reduced the number of machines in the country from 20000 to 5000 and discouraged cash use, the mostly [[Moroccan-Dutch]] gangs expert in the attacks moved elsewhere.{{r|matussek20240809}} Such theft has also occurred in Belgium, France, Denmark, Germany, Australia,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/14/exploding_atm_attack/|title=Dutch blaggers explode ATMs|website=[[The Register]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810130621/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/14/exploding_atm_attack/|archive-date=10 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/attacks-on-banks-devised-in-europe/2008/11/25/1227491548435.html/ |title=Attacks on banks devised in Europe - National |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=2008-11-25 |access-date=2011-02-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629151743/http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/attacks-on-banks-devised-in-europe/2008/11/25/1227491548435.html/ |archive-date=29 June 2011 }}</ref> and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news |work=Businessweek |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-atm-bombers/ |first=Nick |last=Summers |date=27 January 2015 |title=Boom: Inside a British Bank Bombing Spree |access-date=10 June 2020 }}</ref> When anti-gas explosion prevention devices and reinforced ATMs were installed, criminals began using [[leaf blowers]] to remove smoke, and more powerful solid explosives. Despite German banks spending more than €300 million on additional security, the [[Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany)|Federal Criminal Police Office]] estimated that {{as of|2024|lc=y}} 60% of attacks on ATMs in the country succeeded.<ref name="matussek20240809">{{Cite news |last=Matussek |first=Karin |date=2024-08-09 |title=Germany Is Europe's Prime Target for Audacious ATM Bombings |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-10/germany-is-europe-s-prime-target-for-audacious-atm-bombings |access-date=2024-08-12 |agency=Bloomberg}}</ref>

Several attacks in the UK (at least one of which was successful) have involved digging a concealed tunnel under the ATM and cutting through the reinforced base to remove the money.<ref name=tunnel>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-16556547 |title=Thieves dig 100ft tunnel to steal cash in Levenshulme |access-date=2012-01-02 |date=2012-01-14 |publisher=BBC |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114052858/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-16556547 |archive-date=14 January 2012 }}</ref>

Modern ATM physical security, per other modern money-handling security, concentrates on denying the use of the money inside the machine to a thief, by using different types of [[Intelligent banknote neutralisation system|Intelligent Banknote Neutralisation Systems]].

A common method is to simply rob the staff filling the machine with money. To avoid this, the schedule for filling them is kept secret, varying and random. The money is often kept in cassettes, which will dye the money if incorrectly opened.