ATM Skimmers, Up Close
Summary: A Krebs on Security investigation found a verified vendor on an exclusive scammer forum selling plastic housings for ATM skimmers, demonstrating in video how one housing fits over the card slot of a working Diebold Aptiva ATM. The seller also sent images of a flash-based spy camera molded to sit above the PIN pad and an all-in-one housing combining card reader and mini camera, with instructions telling buyers to install a driver and software on a Windows PC and enter the default password "0000".
Why it matters: The seller's instructions omit any step for changing the default password of "0000", and the skimmer housings are built to channel light from the ATM's own card-reader LEDs so the fake slot appears to illuminate like the real one. A commenter also reports that a workplace security team's alert about local skimmers found them all on bank branch ATMs, not gas stations.
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