Five plead guilty in latest federal ATM jackpotting case

Federal prosecutions tied to ATM 'jackpotting' using Ploutus malware are the focus of this report: five Venezuelan nationals pleaded guilty after attempted and successful ATM compromises, with one recently sentenced and others awaiting sentencing. The article details attack techniques (malware installation, infected/replaced drives, external interfaces or SMS triggers), cites FBI statistics (over $58M in losses since 2021 and more than 1,900 incidents since 2020), and notes alleged links between the malware and the Tren de Aragua criminal organization and an accused developer.