Man, I don't even know how to react to this kind of news. I am shocked, amazed, about to laugh and a bit bothered. Just thinking about it, such actions can only mean that they do not know that there are actually no bitcoins in that atm or they are only after the cash, or lastly they have bigger plans and understanding how a bitcoin atm works plays a vital role in that bigger plan.

I'm not so sure if these thieves could be considered smart of the biggest dumbasses of the century. Knowing what type of bitcoin ATM this machine is will help determine which is which. If these machines are the ones that do not issue fiat and do not convert bitcoin to fiat then they just wasted their time setting up a scheme for naught. If it's the one that dispenses money then they still could have the opportunity. Still, I think they have some ulterior motives besides cash in stealing this machine. Perhaps they are trynna hack into the system with the ATM as their payload?
That settles it I guess. See, these thieves wouldn't dare touch the machine if this ATM only dispenses bitcoin, unless they are trying to learn the machinations behind this technology, I doubt they'd attempt to steal this. But since it dispenses cash, the thieves are after the fiat that is inside and so the trouble began. Hopefully they are caught and the money be put back into circulation or at least recycled so nothing is virtually wasted.

The thieves definitely did some background research on the BTC ATM, no thief would just run onto it and try to bring the whole thing, I guess the vulnerability of Bitcoin ATMs is that some of it actually is easy to steal and pretty lightweight, the fact that it only took a medium-sized van to take the whole thing together, and ATMs like this doesn't have that much security, I guess there's room for improvement on machines like this security-wise, although I do feel like the amount of that ATM won't be that much compared to hackers actually being able to breach through wallets online, but still, definitely ton of money inside that machine, also, it destroyed the whole entrance of that liquor store, so the damage and the losses are just really saddening for the owner.

I think the thieves assume that people can convert Bitcoin to cash through the ATM. So, they are intended to steal the cash, that's the reasonable reason. If they want to steal Bitcoin, they won't steal ATMs but trying to hack exchanges' wallets. Although it is not clear what the real purpose of the thieves, but I believe they did it to get instant money, which means stealing fiats (cash).

Since the production of Fiat ATMs has improved so much over the years, robbers don't target them anymore. But I think robbing a BTC ATM is not a good idea as it cannot be used as such. fiat money just needs you to use a hammer and hit the money box, this involves both hardware, wallet code or scanning BTC QR code to crack is also really difficult. This robbery is such a stupid thing I have ever done think about . laugh out loud.

That's the good side of it. After it was reported, the manufacturer will be more careful now,
by adding secured layers or placing the machines in much safer places.

This robbery will serve as a waking sign for all those ATM owners, and looking to bright sides,
with kind of news, people who are unaware about Bitcoin will be curious about it, knowing that
criminals are after these machines.

Like with other's views, it's possible that those robbers think that bitcoin ATM is much easier
to break than those fiat machines, they are more likely after with the dollars inside.

I think not. I think they are just idiots. Take a look on the video. They even have a car number plate on.

They have chosen Bitcoin ATM on purpose. I think that their plan was to stay anonymous when they will try to exchange BTC (which they did not find inside) to fiat. To bad they were not smart enough to find out before what is Bitcoin and blockchain. I really dont believe that they intention was to "hack" ATMs software and get BTC.

When they will get caught, their cellmates will have a good laugh.

It's really alarming that the robbers are going their way out to steal such as Bitcoin ATM. Are people really desperate during this time? I get it that we're all trying to survive amidst the pandemic, but these people sure do lengthy and desperate measures. IMO, stealing a bitcoin ATM isn't really worth the risk comparing to stealing a traditional ATM. I am not in any way encouraging them to steal the latter though, but it's more rewarding if they'll just take the traditional ATM because it contains more money, if money is what they're really all after.

If they think they'll be able to steal bitcoin from that bitcoin ATM, then I feel so sorry for them. Their efforts are just going to waste. If they are after the cold cash it has, they'll just be disappointed because like what I have mentioned, it contains lesser money since only a small population are using it. Maybe if they aren't really after the cash, they're after discovering the mechanisms of the machine.

I know that this will eventually happen, stealing bitcoin ATM will be mostly a target and it wasn't a smart move either because they're just want the cash (fiat) they probably didn't know that it is impossible to steal bitcoins, and they're thinking that the ATM have a physical bitcoins on it.  Maybe that place was already under their surveillance for a couple of days or even weeks just to get that ATM.

Anyways, it's much safer to develop the bitcoin ATMs that have more security feature and cannot be stolen that easily.

Will they get anything from a bitcoin ATM, is that even possible? I don’t know much about Bitcoin ATM or how it works,but I don’t know if it’s possible for someone to steal anything from them. Bitcoin ATM is not like the normal ATM where money is stored inside the machine.

If a normal machine is stolen by the thieves, then we all know that they will be stealing the money that is stored inside, so then what are they doing with a bitcoin ATM since there is nothing stored inside? Unless they are planning to sell it or what? And for some people who are saying that bitcoin ATM should be made stronger, how exactly are you doing that,It is similar to a normal ATM?And wouldn’t they have stolen a fiat ATM if they wanted to?