Its been noted that in at least one country,
anti-skimming devices have been stolen and converted into skimmers,
complete with micro cameras used to steal PINs.
Also discovered is a new type of analog skimming
device — using audio technology — has been reported by five countries,
two of them “major ATM deployers” (defined as having more than 40,000
ATMs).
In the somewhat low-res pictures supplied by EAST here, the audio
skimming device is mounted on a piece of plastic that fits over the
ATM’s card reader throat. A separate micro camera embedded in the
plastic steals the victim’s PIN.
The use of audio technology to record data stored on the magnetic
stripe on the backs of all credit and debit cards has been well
understood for many years. Below are some of
the pictures of audio skimming device:
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