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Fluiditi was a business created by NCR in 2000 from a joint venture formed to investigate new way of protecting ATMs and creating a unique way of securing cash replenishment specifically for NCR ATMs. By 2004, Fluiditi had captured a unique and dominant position is the ATM end to end security market, with over 2000 ATMs protected using the solution. Oberthur Cash Protection (operating as Axytrans) purchased this business from NCR in early 2007. As part of the acquisition, OCP became a dedicated partner for NCR in the supply of intelligent cash protection products, and continues to provide the Fluiditi products to NCR and their customers. Update from NCR Australia During 2008, Australia has become a hot spot for ATM attacks using explosive gas. The NCR marketing team used their regular update called ‘Chilli Source’ to inform their customers of the problem, and the NCR response, which includes an Ink Staining system and means to detect the explosive gas attack, sourced from Oberthur Cash Protection. The article has been reproduced below, with the permission of the NCR Marketing team in Australia. Download NCR Ink-Staining Special Edition "Chilli Source" / March 2009 The path of least resistance
No security measure, whether for ATMs, vehicles or buildings, is 100% effective. Alarms, grilles, safes, laser beams, locks, clamps, monitoring systems (and humans) can all be breached or circumvented – eventually. All it takes is time, determination and the right tools.
The recent appearance and escalation in gas attacks in Australia (chiefly in NSW and Queensland) has shown that criminals are prepared to use ever more violent and dangerous methods of attack to get to the cash inside an ATM.
Some attacks are the work of organised criminal gangs who are looking to steal very large quantities of cash that can be quickly and easily exchanged to acquire illegal drugs, weapons, etc. Others are the work of copycats as, unlike ram raids that need powerful vehicles, the tools for gas attacks are easier to acquire.
Whether organised gangs, copycat opportunists or petty crooks, criminals of all shades always migrate to the easy option: the path of least resistance. Given the choice between an ‘easy’ ATM and one that will make life difficult (either at the point of attack or afterwards), the criminals will go where the risk/reward ratio is most favourable.
What is the purpose of NCR Ink-Staining?
NCR Ink-Staining is designed to deter ram raiders or gas attackers by warning them that their attacks will be pointless by making it extremely difficult to spend or launder the cash afterwards. NCR Ink-Staining does this by staining all the cash contained within the ATM.
As with any crime countermeasure, NCR cannot guarantee that a NCR Ink-Staining-protected ATM will never be attacked, but the deterrent effect of NCR Ink-Staining in Australia and other markets has been significant.
What causes NCR Ink-Staining to activate?
The NCR Ink-Staining system is uniquely modular in order to provide a long-term solution and protect the initial investment. It can be activated by any number of triggers.
For ram raids, NCR Ink-Staining is typically linked to sensors that detect an impact and/or a tipping of the ATM. Linked to penetration mats that line the inside of the ATM, it can be activated by drilling or boring through the walls of the safe (and the mats).
For gas attacks, the NCR solution is linked to a gas detection sensor. As soon as gas is detected, NCR Ink-Staining is activated.
Specifically for gas attacks, NCR is releasing an extra level of protection, namely a ‘shutter detect’ solution that detects any tampering or interference with the cash dispense shutter. It is through the cash shutter that criminals are feeding gas into the ATM safe.
Is NCR Ink-Staining fast enough in a gas attack?
Gas attacks happen with startling speed. In two to three minutes, enough gas has been fed into the safe to cause an explosion big enough to blow the door off. NCR Ink- Staining, however, can be activated within seconds of gas entering the safe, up to two minutes before the gas is even ignited. It’s important to remember that NCR Ink- Staining is activated at the first sign of gas, not the explosion itself.
What about more sophisticated attack methods that may develop in the future?
As stated above, NCR Ink-Staining can be activated by any form of trigger or sensor. It can be scaled and customised to meet any criminal modus operandi head-on.
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