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Pro Grade (3D Printer-Made?) ATM Skimmer

Summary: In July 2011, a customer at a Chase Bank branch in West Hills, Calif. reported an anomaly that led police to a professional-grade ATM skimmer believed to have been made with a 3D printer. The all-in-one device fit over the card slot to record magnetic stripe data, hid a battery-powered spy camera behind a pinhole to capture PINs, and included a data port for manual downloads; an investigator said the green skimmer was believed made via the Stereolithography process, and those responsible had not been caught.

Bottom line: The same month, a New York County indictment charged three men with using skimmers to steal nearly 1,500 debit card numbers and make more than $285,000 in fraudulent transactions, and in September four men in Texas were arrested for allegedly building skimmers with a 3D printer bought with skimming proceeds. A device that fits like the original and won't be knocked loose defeats the tug-on-the-card-slot check customers are told to rely on.

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Data Breaches
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