Oct 04, 2023 12:30:00

A man appears who hacked a gas station with Bluetooth and refueled as much as 3000 liters of gasoline for free.

At a gas station in Wyoming, USA, an incident occurred where a man hacked the fuel dispenser and was able to refuel a large amount of gasoline for free. The damage amounted to $3,000 (approximately 450,000 yen), and the store clerk lamented that there was 'almost nothing that could be done.'

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According to a gas station clerk, the thief used a smartphone and Bluetooth to hack into the fuel dispenser. It has not been disclosed how the hacking was successful.

This made it possible to get gas without paying, and drivers who visited the gas station filled up one after another.

Approximately 800 gallons (approximately 3,000 liters) of gasoline leaked, and the amount of damage was estimated to be $3,000.

A gasoline owner who only gave his name as ``Mo'' said, ``They just open the pump automatically.If you hack them, they tell the cars that come to refuel, ``Come here!'' and steal the gasoline. Even if I press the stop button on the refueling machine, it won't stop. I have no choice but to press the emergency stop device that stops all pumps.''

Mr. Mo is on high alert, and if there are many cars parked in front of the refueling machine or if someone wanders around for even a little while, he will call the police.

This gas station was a target of the police's special security project `

`Project Greenlight .'' As a result, police have already launched an active investigation, and surveillance camera footage of the suspect has also been recovered.

A similar

incident occurred in Michigan shortly before this incident.

The incident started when two men around the age of 30 came to the gas station. One of them tried to use Cash App to purchase a product worth $40 (about 6,000 yen), but the cashier displayed an insufficient balance, so the clerk refused to sell the product. During this time, another customer was outside the store.

A few minutes later, the man returned to the store, told his partner who had been talking to the clerk that he was okay, and left the store without buying anything. After that, the clerk checked the cash register and noticed that about $54 (about 8,000 yen) worth of gasoline had been refueled without payment.

A later investigation revealed that hacking using smartphones had also been carried out here as well. It seems that similar crimes are occurring one after another at nearby stores.