I declined and contemplated on how the device would like a drink of superglue.
I wish somebody would find a way to get these EuroNet ATM ́s to detonate. Eighteen Euro fee for a 50 Euro withdrawal and a five Euro bank fee to boot.
Possibly due to safety, to avoid making the vault the target. Even a small hole might be exploitable, as is already done with the explosive gases that are fed into the ATMs through small holes.
Other measures, including the ink thing, may be a matter of cost vs gain. The use may be too little so far to warrant the costs, even more so in a time where the usage of cash is falling already and decommissioning that ATM just a matter of a few years.
AFAIK, later models can't be blown-up with gas anymore - hence the use of actual explosives.
We will see more of this, as the weapons literally thrown over the fence by the West in Ukraine inevitably trickle their way back into Western Europe.
Of course, these robberies must be run by professional and organized criminals.
Last year, the Thayngen border crossing was closed after they found explosives in one of the cars. There was a suspicion that the driver was connected to bombing ATMs. However, I don’t know how this case ended.
Hey, about robberies, just found a reference to a heist where 53 million CHF were taken from a post office in ZH. Half of the money was never recovered. A 1 hour docudrama is found on the link.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/the-gre…bbery/48024696
Since TIS, the website of Swiss Post somehow proudly link to the original video without subtitles. Don’t remember many financial institutions around the world showcasing the times they’ve been robbed.