Video: Trick to steal ATM card information with readers
Police in Des Plaines, Illinois, USA, found an ATM tree fitted with a fake card reader to steal information about traders' accounts.
Police in Des Plaines, Illinois, USA, found an ATM tree fitted with a fake card reader to steal information about traders' accounts.
Notice the difference between ATMs side by side.
ATM skimmer are card readers installed in ATM card slots that can copy personal data from the tape on the card. The user's pin code is collected using a pinhole camera hidden on an atm tree or a fake keyboard placed on a real keyboard.
The first step to detecting skimmer is to check for interference signals. Notice the difference between ATMs side by side.
Update 15 December 2018
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