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This ATM safe was not protected by Gryphon3 – note how the cash drawers have rolled out to help the criminals get to the loot.
This ATM was protected by Gryphon3, which stands firm in the face on an explosion that could destroy the building housing the ATM.
Gas attacks on ATMs arrived in the UK in 2013, since when there had been nearly 150 attacks by Autumn 2015. In these attacks, criminal gangs inject an explosive gas into the ATM, with the aim of igniting it and blowing the safe door off the back of the machine and stealing the cash.
This highly dangerous practice has already cost the industry a substantial seven-figure sum and it is purely through good fortune that no-one has been seriously hurt.
To counter this threat, Lockpoint teamed up with Gexcon, a world leader in the understanding of explosions.
Theoretical testing by Gexcon showed that Lockpoint’s Gryphon would withstand a “worst case scenario” in which criminals were able to achieve an optimum mix of air and explosive gas. It also identified areas of potential stress, leading to the introduction of a modification kit that can be retrofitted to existing Gryphons, as the Gryphon2AG (anti-gas).
In September 2015, Lockpoint’s brand new Gryphon3 was live-tested in a “worst case scenario” at Gexcon’s dedicated test facility in Norway.
The pictures above illustrate how the Gryphon easily survives a blast that could have destroyed the surrounding building had this been a criminal attack.
The test was repeated in front of an invited audience from the security industry. In both instances the Gryphon doors could even be opened by a Lockpoint engineer after the explosion and the cash safely retrieved.
Lockpoint’s partnership with Gexcon also highlights the risks associated with so-called gas suppression kits, which are being promoted as a protection against gas attack. Gexcon’s work demonstrates that in some circumstances, the turbulence caused when an inert gas is injected into the ATM to protect it against attack may actually cause a much more severe explosion.
That is why the Lockpoint Gryphon3 is the only proved protection against a gas attack on an ATM.
Protect the cash and everything else will look after itself.
Read the media release here
Read a Bloomberg report on the threat from gas attacks.
Chart shows compatibility of Gryphon3 with various ATM types
The Gryphon is an unrivalled cash point security system that combines brute strength with intelligent innovation. It combines an impenetrable wall of interlocking steel doors with a specially developed, highly sophisticated locking system.
The device comprises a set of four interlocking steel doors connected by a sophisticated electronic locking system that ensures that no more than one door – accessing one of four cash cassettes – can ever be open at the same time. Once closed, no Gryphon door can be reopened until a preset time has elapsed – one hour, for example.
The Gryphon has proved its worth by preventing losses and reducing danger for both security professionals and members of the public. It is the only device that makes ATM robbery so difficult that it is increasingly less attractive to robbers. It resists attacks by drills, grinders and oxyacetylene torches. There is evidence that it can also provide some protection against attacks by gangs injecting explosive gases and more recent models are specifically designed to withstand such attacks.
The industry journal, Professional Security magazine, noted that, in the first year following the installation of the Lockpoint Gryphon on the Tesco Bank estate, there was a dramatic reduction in the following areas:
Data Correct as of Sept 2013 Source: Professional Security Magazine
Lockpoint Gryphon models were independently tested by the internationally respected BRE organisation, and the Gryphon is the only product of its type to achieve Loss Prevention Standard 1175 to Grade 3 – this means unmatched, unrivalled and unprecedented quality.
Crimes against cash machines normally happen fast.
Gryphon brings crime to a halt with time-lock controlled walls of steel. It robs the robber of its most precious asset: time.
Since the Gryphon was first installed in 2010, the industry has witnessed a dramatic reduction in instances of armed robbery, saving millions of pounds and many serious injuries.
Benefits at a glance:
Lockpoint Wyvern is a self-contained, highly secure, remote locking device for public access doors leading into high risk areas such as banks, jewellers, offices and shops.
Wyvern gives users the power to completely lockdown their location with an encrypted locking system, in the certain knowledge that the environment will then remain safe from outside intrusions.
As the owner of an independent high street jeweller’s, the danger of robbery is always at the back of your mind. Attacks can be quite opportunist in nature and the challenge for the shop assistant is to be able to respond quickly to keep themselves, and the shop’s stock, safe. Having seen the Lockpoint Wyvern in a demonstration, we recognised it could do a job for us. It took Lockpoint’s engineers a little over half an hour to fit the Wyvern to the aluminium door frame of our shop and we regard it as a valuable addition to our security and staff safety. The device is extremely easy to use and very robust.
Tony Bracken Clusters, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear
Giving you the power to remotely lock a door when danger approaches.
The Wyvern turns any door, sliding or inward opening, into a barrier against potential unwanted access at vulnerable times during the working day.
Lockpoint is dedicated to using its innovative skills to develop new security products in response to customer requirements.
The company is constantly working on new design concepts with the aim of bringing these to market.
Just some of the areas we are working in include new developments in the prevention of the physical removal of ATMs by JCB; new approaches to countering the threat from gas attacks; and the exploration of options for cash recycling.