Five Venezuelan nationals plead guilty in US court to attempting ATM jackpotting attacks that involve using malware to force cash dispensers to dispense money. The defendants admit participation in a series of attacks aimed at emptying automated teller machines.
According to reports, the operation involves attempting to place malware on ATMs so that the machines would behave in a way that releases cash. One outlet describes the defendants’ approach as an effort to physically install malware on the ATMs, while another emphasizes that they attempted to empty ATMs by using malware.
The outlets agree on the core outcome of the legal proceedings: the five defendants enter guilty pleas related to ATM jackpotting attempts in the United States. Differences in the coverage focus on how the attacks are characterized—particularly whether the malware deployment is described primarily as physical installation or as malware-driven attempts to extract funds—rather than on the central facts of the cases.
