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Forum Security-X => News => Discussion démarrée par: igor51 le juillet 13, 2017, 18:06:21
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Thieves Used Infrared to Pull Data from ATM ‘Insert Skimmers’
A greater number of ATM skimming incidents now involve so-called "insert skimmers," wafer-thin fraud devices made to fit snugly and invisibly inside a cash machine’s card acceptance slot. New evidence suggests that at least some of these insert skimmers -- which record card data and store it on a tiny embedded flash drive are -- equipped with technology allowing it to transmit stolen card data wirelessly via infrared, the same technology built into a television remote control.
Source: Thieves Used Infrared to Pull Data from ATM ‘Insert Skimmers’ (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/07/thieves-used-infrared-to-pull-data-from-atm-insert-skimmers/)