Chapter 78 Challenge the ATM bank to spit out money on the spot (Ch 78)

“Ah, why?” a female employee in a skirt replied. She did buy Samsung stocks.

“Damn, I bought Samsung stock.” said another male employee wearing glasses.

“I advise you to sell them quickly. Samsung phones have such a serious safety hazard, the stock price will definitely plummet.” The curly-haired man emphasized.

“Fuck! I’ll sell them right away!” The female employee quickly opened the stock software and prepared to sell Samsung’s stock.

Fortunately, the curly-haired man reminded them in time, otherwise, they would have suffered a great loss.

A few minutes later, Samsung Electronics’ stock price began to fluctuate and suddenly fell by 0.3%.

0.3% may not seem like much, but the total market value of Samsung Electronics is as high as 260 trillion won. A 0.3% drop is equivalent to 7.8 trillion won, which is nearly 40 billion yuan when converted into RMB.

And this is just the beginning.

“Ha ha!”

Su Yang laughed.

What is he laughing at?

All these barrages are points.

The points are increasing rapidly. In just a short while, the points have increased by 1 million.

So cool!

“Thanks to the Tsinghua University and Peking University team and the Green Alliance Technology team for their wonderful performance!” said the host Saning. “Next, our program will move on to the second part of the exhibition match. This part will be even more exciting and should not be missed!”

On the stage, except for Su Yang, the other two groups of contestants have already left.

“LittleBoy’s performance just now was truly amazing. What kind of challenges will he bring next? Let us wait and see!” Saning said loudly.

Su Yang smiled mysteriously. “Every one of us uses bank ATMs every day. Have you ever thought that ATMs also have loopholes? Hackers can exploit these loopholes to attack ATMs and steal users’ money.”

“Next, I will demonstrate how to attack an ATM machine and withdraw money from it without using a bank card or a password.”

As soon as Su Yang finished speaking, the content of the challenge was displayed on the big screen: “Challenge goal: break into a bank ATM within one hour.”

“ATM?!”

“This…how is this possible?!”

“Impossible? Isn’t this too exaggerated?”

“Can bank ATMs also be hacked?”

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The audience below the stage was talking in disbelief.

“In order to complete this challenge, we specially invited the Industrial and Commercial Bank of Jianghai City to participate in our program. Thank you to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China for providing us with the ATM machine for testing.” Saning said, “Let’s connect with the reporter Xiaoya outside the venue.”

“Xiaoya, can you hear me?”

“Brother Xiao Sa, I heard it.” A girl’s clear voice was heard on the big screen.

The scene switched to outside the venue.

A female reporter around 25 years old, with a bun on her head and wearing a vest with the words “I am a geek” printed on it, appeared in the camera.

Behind her was a busy street with heavy traffic and flashing neon lights. It was just after eight o’clock in the evening, the busiest time of the city.

“Hello, dear audience friends. I am Xiaoya, an off-site reporter. I am now at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China on Xuhui Road in Jianghai City.” Xiaoya said to the camera.

She walked forward a few steps, and a magnificent building appeared in the camera. It was the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.

A middle-aged man in a suit stood at the door of the bank, waiting for Xiaoya.

“Hello, Manager Yang!” Xiaoya greeted him with a smile.

“Hello, hello!” The man in the suit smiled and extended his hand.

The two men shook hands in greeting.

“Thank you, Manager Yang, for facilitating our program.”

As they talked, they walked into the bank.

They came to the ATM withdrawal area, where there were six ATM machines in total. In front of one of the ATMs, there was a customer standing, ready to withdraw money. When he saw the camera, he stopped withdrawing the money and quickly walked away.

“Dear audience, ‘LittleBoy’ is going to challenge one of these six ATM machines. He has to withdraw money from the ATM without using a bank card or a password.” Xiaoya said to the camera, “Manager Yang, do you think a hacker can really do this?”

“Impossible!” Manager Yang shook his head without hesitation. He simply didn’t believe that a hacker could do this.

The security level of bank ATM machines is very high. How could a hacker crack it so easily? If it is really that easy, then it would be terrible.

“Mr. LittleBoy, let’s wait and see whether you can succeed in the challenge!” Xiaoya said, and the camera cut back to the studio.

In the studio, the host Saning said, “LittleBoy, are you confident that you can succeed in this challenge?”

“No problem.” Su Yang’s voice came from the screen, his tone full of confidence.

“Okay! Let’s wait and see!” said Saning.

“Manager Yang, I need to confirm first. Your bank and I have not communicated before, right? I have not done anything to this ATM machine in advance, right?” Su Yang shouted.

“No, absolutely not, we have never met before.” Manager Yang quickly shook his head to deny it.

Xiaoya took out a contract from her pocket and showed it to the camera. It was an agreement signed between the program team and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. The agreement clearly stipulated that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China would provide ATM machines for the program team and guarantee that the challenge process would be completely real without any cheating.

It is impossible for ICBC to cooperate with the program to cheat, which is equivalent to destroying its own reputation. Is it so stupid?

“Please cooperate with me, staff outside the venue.” Su Yang said.

A staff member appeared in the camera with a laptop in his hand.

“Please go to the back of the ATM machine and take a look. There is a cover on the chassis with the word ‘Maintenance’ written on it. Please open it.” Su Yang said.

The staff member went around to the back of the ATM machine and came to a room in the bank where the other end of the ATM machine was located. The staff member found a cover with the word “Maintenance” written on it.

Then, the staff member took a key in his hand and opened the lid.

“There is a data cable interface inside, do you see it?” Su Yang asked.

“Is this it?” the staff member asked.

The photographer behind him pointed the camera at the data cable interface, and the picture was synchronized to the big screen in the studio.

“That’s right, this is it, plug in the data cable.” Su Yang said.

The staff connected one end of the data cable to the laptop and plugged the other end into the data interface inside the ATM machine.

“Crackle!”

Su Yang typed on the keyboard, writing the attack code.

At the same time, the code was also displayed on the big screen.

Few of the audience could understand the code, so they felt it was impressive.

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