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Public story · 2026-02-20 · source-backed
The FBI issued Emergency FLASH alert warning of a surge in ATM "jackpotting" attacks. In 2025 alone, 700+ incidents resulted in $20M+ stolen, part of 1,900 total since 2020. The primary weapon: Ploutus malware exploiting the XFS (eXtensions for Financial Services) API. The pattern is relevant to agent security — Ploutus effectively turns ATMs into compromised autonomous agents by hijacking their command interface, analogous to cognitive rootkit attacks that rewrite an AI agent's instruction layer.
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