Hacking Coke Machines

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January 12th, 2005, 03:17 AM
Double//Cut

Hacking Coke Machines

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Coke vending machines are everywhere. They're getting more and more like regular computers with LEDs that show little "ICE COLD" messages and whatnot. Well, there's a lot more to those little built-in computers than you may think. Included in the low-level operating system that these babies run on is an actual debug menu that gives you access to all sorts of machine information and possibly gives you free cokes in older machines.

http://www.i-hacked.com/Misc/Random-...-Machines.html

This article (Published 26/11/2004(d/m/y)) is not too relevant for myself, as i have never seen these machines (closest is the pay via mobile messages) in Adelaide Australia. However, it does let you inside the corporate thinking and marketing ideas of companies, and how often their security team overlooks certain aspects, or allows stolen Codes to be published on the net.

The codes allow:
CASH - Machine Earnings Display
SALE - Total Sale Count
VER - System/Machine Version?
EROR - Error Log
RTN - Return
EXTRAS
CPO - Coin Payout Mode
many more options aswell

All discussed in this articles by Fire and Kyint on www.i-hacked.com/
January 12th, 2005, 03:27 AM
Spyrus

Typically this is not something you want to post around here. unless you were aiming for personal use you dont want to be throwing things around that can lead into ppl getting into trouble and problems.

On the same note it is interesting that that would something someone would spend their time attempting to hack or waste time on. Do any of those codes really mean anything to someone that is not part of the coke corp. prolly not. Maybe some marketing ideas but nothing more. Is it a good way to get into trouble and law problems messing around with? YES.

Is the article interesting? YES. Some good info and decent read.
January 12th, 2005, 03:30 AM
©opy®ight

If i'll get a free coke, i'll hack it:) This is interesting, the site aint bad either, havent seen it before...
January 12th, 2005, 03:32 AM
dmorgan

this was recently featured in 2600
January 12th, 2005, 03:32 AM
Negative

Fall 2004's 2006 magazine has an almost identical article (although much shorter) "Hacking Soda Machines" by MeGaBiTe1...

Edit: what dmorgan said :)
January 12th, 2005, 04:01 AM
gore

This isn't new at all. Hell I remember me and my friends being broke and thirsty dumping Salt water in an Old coke machine because it makes all the pop inside fall out. Probably not something Coke liked but I was thirsty and had no money.
January 12th, 2005, 04:05 AM
zencoder

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Originally posted here by gore
This isn't new at all. Hell I remember me and my friends being broke and thirsty dumping Salt water in an Old coke machine because it makes all the pop inside fall out. Probably not something Coke liked but I was thirsty and had no money.

Salt water?!?!? I remember the old college trick of laminating a dollar bill, punching a hole in the laminate, and tieing fishing line through the hole to yank the bill back out after the bill reader granted you a can. Never saw/did it myself, but I did find a trashcan full of unopened can's next to a coke machine one night...guy must have needed the quarters bad :cool:

What the hell does saltwater do (or what DID it do, back then) to cause the cans to dump?
January 12th, 2005, 04:13 AM
kurt_der_koenig

Heck I will just back my car up into the coke machine if I'm that desperate. :D
January 12th, 2005, 04:48 AM
MrLinus

Wow. And here I thought this was about the old hack done at several schools where they attached a monitor to tell them when the Coke (pop) was cold so they didn't have to go up 2-3 floors to get the pop in a lukewarm state.
January 12th, 2005, 05:16 AM
|3lack|ce

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What the hell does saltwater do (or what DID it do, back then) to cause the cans to dump?

Saltwater is highly conductive and does many naughty things to the electronic inner workings of the machine. I'll leave the possibilities to your imagination, but free coke is the least of them.
January 12th, 2005, 05:41 AM
muert0

Coke machines here have a sticker on them offering a $1,000 reward if you turn in someone tampering with a coke machine. So I'm sure the punishment wouldn't really be worth a crappy coke.
January 12th, 2005, 07:12 AM
towboattrash34

hell when i was a teenager(long way from there now) i used a screwdriver......lol 15/20 sec to get in them.....done a lot of stupid stuff back then
January 12th, 2005, 07:16 AM
chsh

If you actually read the article, basically the only thing you can do without opening the door is view logs and look at other data. Nothing really that would allow you to get away with any "free coke" mischief...
January 12th, 2005, 08:44 AM
muert0

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CASH - Machine Earnings Display
The CASH option will display how much money is in the machine currently.

That may be handy for anyone who may go around breaking into coke machines. It would be a lot faster than going around and breaking into machines that were empty.

And if there is a flaw in the code written to run the processes that only run on the inside do you think there is anyway to maybe run the CPO processes and dump the change?
January 12th, 2005, 09:22 AM
gore

Dumping the money out doesn't take that much effort. I used to have a series of numbers you could punch on the payphone and that would make all the money in it come out. Don't make it harder than it needs to be. I've gotten money to fall out just messing around with the buttons.
January 12th, 2005, 06:51 PM
muert0

I used to just cut the power to the phone and come back to it later and reconnect the power and all the change that had been left in it dropped out the return.
A lot easier than trying to figure out a number combination...
January 12th, 2005, 07:57 PM
|3lack|ce

quick hack for coke machines. this'll get you free coke, but it'll take a bit longer for $$ -

20lb sledgehammer

have fun!
January 12th, 2005, 08:05 PM
XTC46

in theory couldnt you change the price to $0.00 and then just push the buttons and get free soda?
January 12th, 2005, 09:55 PM
gore

Considering Theory is whatever someone is trying to Bullshit you with, sure :)
January 13th, 2005, 12:48 AM
hexadecimal

i think someone messed with the soda machine at my school the other day....soda machine all by its self in a hard to find location....press a button and 2 sodas came out for half the price....

i went by there an hour later and there was a rather long line for that machine

i didnt think there was anyone that smart at our school though....
January 13th, 2005, 03:27 AM
kurt_der_koenig

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i think someone messed with the soda machine at my school the other day....soda machine all by its self in a hard to find location....press a button and 2 sodas came out for half the price....

i went by there an hour later and there was a rather long line for that machine

i didnt think there was anyone that smart at our school though....

Sounds like someone before had the machine eat their dollar or the bottle got stuck. And you just got luck to get another pop :D. Sometimes when the people who refill the machine they push the door in too much and it makes certain levels get stuck. Happens all the time here at my school..

or God blessed you with another 210 calories ;). Hey, anything could happen!
January 13th, 2005, 03:54 AM
XTC46

if you waved a magnet in front of the lcd display on the machiens at my old high school two sodas would drop for the price of one... effect lasted about 2 minutes or so.