ATMs in Malaysia to be armed with ink bombs

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Thieves who rob automated teller machines will be left with worthless pieces of paper if a Bank Negara proposal is put into place.

Dye bombs are to be placed in the ATMs and if anyone tampers with the machines, the "bomb" goes off, leaving the notes stained in red and easily recognisable as stolen money.

There's no actual explosion but there is some heat when the CPD is triggered. The ink, called Disperse Red 9, is also not harmful.

Bank Negara, in its guidelines on Dye-Stained Banknotes dated Aug 26, is calling on both banks and Cash in Transit Companies to consider using the currency protection device (CPD) to deter ATM theft.

There are four ATM providers in the country but installing the dye-packs in the different machines should not be a problem.

Some of the guidelines set by the Bank Negara guidelines include:

- The ink has to be indelible by water, fuel, gas, bleach and detergent.

- It must be traceable to the ATM, to assist police investigations.

- It must stain at least 10 per cent of each bank note.

- It can be detected and rejected by banknotes authentication machines used by banks such as Cash Deposit Machines.

- It must be non-hazardous and non-toxic.