Door Skimmer + Hidden Camera = Profit
Summary: Thieves placed a card skimmer on top of the key-card reader that controls access to a bank ATM vestibule, then hid a pinhole camera made from a disassembled Casio digital camera in a false panel above the ATM to record customers entering their PINs. The door readers typically only detect a magnetic stripe and will accept almost any card, so the skimmer captured card data without the cash machine itself being touched.
Key Takeaway: The door lock meant to keep people out became the collection point for card numbers, paired with a camera capturing the PIN - enough for thieves to clone a card and cash out, and the vestibule's own access control gave them the cover to install it.
Read the original at Krebs on Security ↗
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