Thursday, January 21, 2010

ATM Skimmers Coming Soon to a Cash Machine Near You?

This interesting blog post demonstrates the hazards of "ATM skimmers," unauthorized devices that copy the mag stripe on ATM cards and observe the user entering his or her PIN.  Earlier incidents involving this criminal technology were seen in Europe.  This device was found in California. 

Tip of the hat to www.schneier.com for linking to this article.

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