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June 26, 2016 08:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/tUJuGKuX4RI/vacationing-security-researcher-exposes-austrian-atm-skimmer
Vacationing Security Researcher Exposes Austrian ATM Skimmer
While vacationing with his family in Vienna, Ben Tedesco (from security company Carbon Black) discovered an ATM skimmer "in the wild", perfectly crafted to look like the original card reader. New submitter rmurph04 shares Ben's story: I went to grab some cash from an ATM. Being security paranoid, I repeated my typical habit of checking the card reader with my hand as I have hundreds of times. Today's the day when my security awareness paid off! Ben's blog post includes a video demonstrating the ATM skimmer, as well as close-ups showing the device had its own control board, strip reader, and even its own battery.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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