A nonprofit organization is suing the state of Massachusetts on behalf of thousands of low-income families who were collectively robbed of more than a $1 million in food assistance...
Read moreWhen people banking in the United States lose money because their payment card got skimmed at an ATM, gas pump or grocery store checkout terminal, they may face hassles...
Read moreA number of financial institutions in and around New York City are dealing with a rash of super-thin "deep insert" card skimming devices designed to fit inside the mouth...
Read moreLast summer, financial institutions throughout Texas started reporting a sudden increase in attacks involving well-orchestrated teams that would show up at night, use stolen trucks and heavy chains to...
Read moreIn 2015, police departments worldwide started finding ATMs compromised with advanced new "shimming" devices made to clone data from chip card transactions. Authorities in the United States and abroad...
Read moreFlorian "The Shark" Tudor, the alleged ringleader of a prolific ATM skimming gang that has stolen hundreds of millions from tourists visiting Mexico over the past eight years, was...
Read moreEasily the most sophisticated skimming devices made for hacking terminals at retail self-checkout lanes are a new breed of PIN pad overlay combined with a flexible, paper-thin device that...
Read moreThe leader of Mexico's Green Party has been removed from office following allegations that he received money from a Romanian ATM skimmer gang that stole hundreds of millions of...
Read moreAs a total sucker for anything skimming-related, I was interested to hear from a reader working security for a retail chain in the United States that recently found bluetooth-enabled...
Read moreChip-based credit and debit cards are designed to make it infeasible for skimming devices or malware to clone your card when you pay for something by dipping the chip...
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