We are in 2022 and some people think they can steal bitcoin inside of a bitcoin ATM.
Of course. Haven't you read the news? This is how the bitcoins looks like:

This happens when people misinterpret image which supposed to be illustration purpose

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PS. You may want to add the source of the news.
I can't even find the news source using few search engine.
From what I can see in the pictures, two of them are "
BATMThree model [by general bytes]" and it looks like the owner went with the code lock upgrade for the safe vault so I expect all of the banknotes are intact.
But if the vault could be detached from the heavy ATM machine (105kg or 156kg), there's possibly the thief could steal the banknotes along with the vault.