EAST has just published a European Payment Terminal Crime Report covering 2018 which reports that ATM physical attacks have risen for the fourth consecutive year.
ATM related physical attacks rose 27% when compared with 2017 (up from 3,584 to 4,549 incidents). Within this total ATM explosive attacks (including explosive gas and solid explosive attacks) were down 3% (down from 1,081 to 1,052 incidents). Explosive attacks remain a cause for concern as the number of countries reporting them has risen from ten in 2017 to eleven in 2018. Such attacks result in extensive collateral damage and can pose a risk to life.