The numerous security precautions taken by the savings banks in Rhineland-Palatinate against ATM blasters are having an effect. Last year there were 25 ATMs The savings banks in the country have been attacked, said the president of the savings banks association, Thomas Hirsch, in Mainz. The year before the number was 31.
There have been eight attacks on ATMs in Rhineland-Palatinate so far this year Savings banks been counted. Due to the preventative measures, the attack was only successful for the perpetrators in one case. It has been clear for several months that the momentum of attacks on savings banks has broken, reports the association president.
