Say Hello to Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM Skimmers
Summary: Financial institutions around New York City are contending with ultra-thin "deep insert" skimmers that fit inside an ATM's card slot, measuring roughly 0.68 millimeters tall - about half the height of a U.S. dime - and paired with pinhole cameras disguised as ATM panels aimed at the PIN pad. The devices, recovered from NCR SelfServ 84 Walk-Up machines, target the plain-text cardholder data on magnetic stripes plus the 4-digit PIN, which thieves use to clone cards and drain accounts at other ATMs.
What you should know: The skimmer is thin enough to sit inside the reader without stopping the machine from grabbing and returning a card, so the customer sees nothing wrong - and the fraud only surfaces later, when cloned cards are used at other ATMs.
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