Inside Arizona’s Pump Skimmer Scourge
Summary: Arizona's Weights and Measures Services Division documented more pump skimming attacks in August 2016 alone than in all of 2015, and KrebsOnSecurity's review of nearly nine months of incident reports found most compromised stations lacked security cameras or tamper-evident seals, with only one reporting non-standard pump locks. All but three of the 35 incidents targeted Gilbarco dispensers, and investigators are increasingly finding Bluetooth-enabled skimmers that let thieves download stolen card data from a laptop or phone without reopening the pump.
Key Takeaway: Thieves armed with a handful of factory-default master keys could open pumps at will, and the same station was sometimes hit again within months - so a pump lock you never changed is the whole attack.
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