rooster59 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Banks: "Our ATM security is international standard' - oops, we left the keys in the lock Image: Daily News KOH SAMUI:-- In a week when the banks were climbing over themselves to reassure customers of their top notch security measures in the wake of million baht hacking thefts, comes the ultimate hoot. Staff who filled up an ATM in Koh Samui left the keys in the machine and went home. The keys were found dangling in the front of the machine by a Facebook user who promptly shared his experience online with a few million other Thais. "Anusit Chaidet" posting on a Samui fan page said: "I used an ATM today in Chaweng Sai Nai at a PTT gas station. The keys were in the machine. What if a thief was passing? Is my money safe? It's worrying". Some posters online thought it might have been deliberate for checking a signal but most thought staff had just forgotten the keys by mistake after leaving in a hurry. Reporters later discovered that three bank staff had been at the ATM and had indeed left the keys there by mistake. Banks such as SCB, who have purple ATMs, and Krung Thai have reassured customers this week of their state-of-the-art security after an eastern European gang robbed the Government Savings Bank of 12 million baht by introducing malware onto their system. Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-08-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 More important things on there mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caps Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 4 minutes ago, clockman said: More important things on there mind! Maybe Pokemon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 International thieves and scammers standard, gold standards... and this this is why this country is overrun with credit cards skimmers that Thai jails are full of them, right?...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I bet they're still working there next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 You pay peanuts, you get what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamNoone88 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 ATM security is low and each time I use one I am suer care here. I have had two bank cards skimmed in Thailand at ATM machines. Never in any other country. That is not a coincidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 They have to BAN the internet in Thailand soon for defemation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimstar1 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Thai Time Thai Smile Thai Ness Oh I Love Thai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, jimstar1 said: Thai Time Thai Smile Thai Ness Oh I Love Thai I love the avatar bro! a new island to the West? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 thailands banking systems and ATMs are up to international safety standards because they are copied from or provided by international companies. some things come down to human error such as phone companies giving out sim cards to the wrong people without checking who they are and people not being careful with access keys. human error happens every where but it seems to be more common and more disastrous over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nauseus Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 "key is under the mat love". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonawatchee Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Even Barney Fife would know better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvavin Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Thais will never do that. It's the Burmese staff, who left it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Wow it must be embarrassing to be the guys who forgot the keys. At Koh Samui yet, well I hope for better quality at Hua Hin and other places. Geezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunano Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 2 hours ago, Caps said: Maybe Pokemon or where to get the next Somtam??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 The machines are of international standard I would agree but the software and verification systems are not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatproblem Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 ATM up to international standards,Thai workers have no standards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontoearth Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Does anyone know if international customers are protected in Thailand? In the USA ATM skimmers are the responsibility of the bank. If you account is skimmed you get your money back. What about here? I have not opened a Thai bank account as I didn't want to get the letter from the embassy that Bangkok Bank required. I thought I would just about break even on paying my bank fees in the USA. I do wonder what my bank would say if large large withdraws were made from a Thai ATM and I told them...,"oh the thai bank employees left the keys in the ATM and ...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silent Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 52 minutes ago, Tonawatchee said: Even Barney Fife would know better. Gomer might Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerostar Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 1 hour ago, jimstar1 said: Thai Time Thai Smile Thai Ness Oh I Love Thai Ha Ha - Kiwis bragging about their size again ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 the wife was late for the pick up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Yeah. The worst I've seen was one of the guys changing the money cases at the local mini Tesco going inside to grab a bottle of water - while leaving both the new and empty stainless steel cases lying next to the opened ATM. A robbery waiting to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broeno Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 This is why the bad guys come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runamile Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 An ATM somewhere in Bangkok. Yes, that's the controlling PC and, yes, that's the electricity supply. And, yes, Thais were happily withdrawing as I photographed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 3 hours ago, jacko45k said: You pay peanuts, you get what? Shells? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 That's what you would like us to believe, it is not what is seems however. An ATM doesn't use an external PC to operate, the ATM itself is a data terminal that is connected to a network by some means. Whatever that device is it's separate from the operation of the ATM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiochaser Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 18 minutes ago, Runamile said: An ATM somewhere in Bangkok. Yes, that's the controlling PC and, yes, that's the electricity supply. And, yes, Thais were happily withdrawing as I photographed. I saw a computer sitting on top of an ATM. It was inside a bank though. Yet, while my wife was with a bank employee, no one seemed to care that I was poking at the computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredNL Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I still wonder how they know that it was an eastern European gang that hacked the ATMs... Is it just a wild guess? Or aren't the Thai capable of hacking ATMs? I still haven't seen pictures of these culprits on Thailand's most wanted... (uh, I mean facebook) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Some ATM machines come with an external cat-scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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