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In 2017, FireEye published research into Ploutus-D, an earlier variant of the ATM malware. (Source: FireEye) ATMs across Latin America have been persistently targeted over the last eight years by organized criminals seeking to jackpot the machines, triggering them to disgorge their cash. The attacks typically involve installing malware directly on an ATM by breaking into the device s cabinet to gain direct access to its physical ports and drives. In the early days, around 2013, this involved using a CD boot disk to install the malware, dubbed Ploutus. Now, researchers with Mexico-based Metabase Q, a cybersecurity services company, have uncovered a new version called Ploutus-I. This fifth known iteration of Ploutus was first seen in Mexico. Metabase Q strongly suspects its development has been closely connected with organized criminals, perhaps based in Venezuela (see:

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