The most frequent attacks against ATMs are those committed by using gases.
Gas attack against ATMs is carried out by introducing the explosive gas into the ATM by means of the automated teller machine (after breaking the external shutter). The consequent explosion destroys the safe and the door of the same and, in most attacks, the door is completely torn off.
Gas attack against ATMs is carried out by introducing the explosive gas into the ATM by means of the automated teller machine (after breaking the external shutter). The consequent explosion destroys the safe and the door of the same and, in most attacks, the door is completely torn off.
To impede access to the cash-containing drawers, on behalf of the criminals, both in case of breaking open of the door and in case of gas attack with consequent door explosion, Parma provides for an anti-explosive barrier: a mechanical device, which is assembled inside the ATM safe as a protection for the drawers. Its structure has been conceived so as to remain as a whole with the structure of the ATM or of the safe, hindering the theft of the drawers with the cash, in case of a violent explosion.
The system is implemented in heavy duty austenitic anti-blowtorch steel sheet to contrast attacks, performed with mechanical and thermal means.
The effectiveness of the mechanism to bursting tests has been verified at the CESI lab of Milan.
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