According to Finextra, a "Pizza Boy" hacked into an ATM's hard drives, changed their settings, stole $30k, got caught, was  facing two years in prison, but agreed to pay the money back and join the Australian Military in exchange for no jail time...

Pizza boy uses ATM manual to steal A$30,000 in under an hour



An Australian pizza boy who hacked into ATMs and changed their settings before stealing around A$30,000 in under an hour has escaped a prison term, according to local press reports.



In 2007, Brian Sommer, 23, used information he found on the Internet and in an ATM handbook to hack into cash machine hard drives and change their settings, enabling him to withdraw huge amounts of money.



He stole A$21,120 from an ATM at a service station in Bundaberg, Queensland, before taking a further A$7500 from another machine in nearby Hervey Bay, according to the Fraser Coast Chronicle.



However, his plan had a major flaw - to make the withdrawals he used his own card and those of his mother, girlfriend and two friends.



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Posted by John B. Frank Monday, October 26, 2009

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