Over the course of several hours, Fairfax County, Virginia, police say a group stole $175,000 from a credit union last month, using a scheme called ATM jackpotting.

It happened in early October at the Apple Federal Credit Union on Members Way in Fairfax, according to police.

In a news release, police said ATM jackpotting is a cyber-physical crime, in which suspects compromise an ATM to force it to dispense large sums of money. It can be accomplished by installing malware, or a “black box” device, to override the machine’s security. That installation can either happen through physical access, such as a USB drive, or by intercepting communications between the ATM and its network.

In this particular case, police said on Oct. 3, at 10:18 p.m., a man approached the drive-up ATM at the credit

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