"I asked them, 'Is it alright for us to get proof?' "He said that wasn't really possible and we don't have any proof that we did it. We got into the operator mode'," Hewlett said. When they told staff about a security problem with an ATM, they assumed one of their PIN numbers had been stolen, Hewlett said. The boys then immediately went to the BMO Charleswood Centre branch on Grant Avenue to notify them. Hewlett and Turon were even more shocked when their first random guess at the six-digit password worked. "We thought it would be fun to try it, but we were not expecting it to work," Hewlett said. On Wednesday over their lunch hour, they went to the BMO's ATM at the Safeway on Grant Avenue to see if they could get into the system. Matthew Hewlett and Caleb Turon, both Grade 9 students, found an old ATM operators manual online that showed how to get into the machine's operator mode. WINNIPEG - A couple of 14-year-old computer whizzes have the Bank of Montreal upgrading its security after the teens hacked an ATM machine. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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