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A Van, An Excavator And A Slew Of ATM Thefts, Northern Ireland Police Plead For Help

CCTV footage shows how three men clawed an ATM out of a wall and made off with a cash box in under five minutes. It is the eighth such incident in Northern Ireland since the start of the year. CCTV/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

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CCTV/Screenshot by NPR

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A Van, An Excavator And A Slew Of ATM Thefts, Northern Ireland Police Plead For Help

April 12, 2019 • With the help of heavy construction equipment and a van with an ATM-size hole cut out of its roof, thieves are clawing entire cash boxes out of local businesses and disappearing into the night.

Experts Marvel At How Cyberthieves Stole $45 Million

This week's massive cyber-heist was facilitated by the ease with which criminals have learned to hack the magnetic stripe on the back of ATM, debit and credit cards. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Experts Marvel At How Cyberthieves Stole $45 Million

May 11, 2013 • The thieves hacked back-end computers and cloned prepaid debit cards, but their synchronized ATM withdrawals were even more extraordinary.