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ATM Skimmers: Hacking the Cash Machine

Summary: A Diebold technician servicing a Bank of America ATM in Sun Valley, Calif., on May 16, 2009, found a skimming device and a camera attached to the machine, and when he returned from contacting his supervisor the camera had been removed. Investigators found the thief had pried off the plastic cover of the card acceptance slot and replaced it with an identical compromised version containing a modified magnetic stripe reader and flash storage, glued on with silicon, while the camera sat in a trim piece above the PIN pad matched to the ATM's color and contour.

What's compelling: The skimmer was a look-alike part fitted over the real card slot, and the thief was close enough to return and strip his camera while the technician was still inside the branch - the equipment and the person were both gone before anyone could respond.

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Fraud & Scams
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