Helpers from the Federal Agency for Technical Relief secure a bank branch of a savings bank after an ATM was blown up. The attacks are getting more and more brutal. Parts of buildings are often badly damaged.
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Frankfurt, Berlin Banks and savings banks in Germany want to strengthen their protective measures against ATMs being blown up. This emerges from the draft of a joint statement by the first nationwide “round table on ATM blasting” under the leadership of the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI), which is available to the Handelsblatt.
In the paper, the banking industry pledges to prioritize and implement a combination of different preventive measures depending on the location and risk analysis. This includes, for example, no longer granting access to ATMs in the anterooms of branches between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.
In addition, the branch foyers are to be secured by the “use of qualified intrusion detection technology” and the concealed installation of fog systems. “After overcoming the closing mechanism of the branch, the fogging technique is the second hurdle for the perpetrator,” the paper says.
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